In 1994 Professor of Judaic Studies Yaffa Eliach, ’67, was named one of five "Women of the Year" by "CBS This Morning" for her "impact on life in America." The eminent Brooklyn College professor’s "Tower of Life" photography exhibit forms the permanent centerpiece of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

Members of the faculty at Brooklyn College engage in research to advance the boundaries of their disciplines. There is no division here between teaching and research; rather, research is an instrument of teaching. Whatever their area of study -- humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences -- students learn both in the classroom and through work on research projects. Faculty mentorship helps to account for the large number of Brooklyn College graduates who go on to become educators and researchers.

The United States Department of Defense awarded a $2 million grant to Brooklyn College scientists this year to set up a Center for Computationally Demanding Applications. The team, led by Professor of Computer and Information Science Kenneth W. McAloon, uses a combination of artificial intelligence, parallel computing, and software engineering to simplify complex computer applications.

In 1996, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute awarded Brooklyn College a $1.2 million grant to strengthen undergraduate biology education and expand programs that encourage students in the sciences. The award follows a 1993 Hughes grant of $1.2 million.

In 1994, Faculty Council approved an interd isciplinary minor in children’s studies, the first of its kind in the nation. The proposal was funded by a grant from the New Visions Program of the City University of New York. Coordinated by Professor of Sociology Gertrud Lenzer, the children’s studies minor brings together research from the arts, humanities, social and natural sciences, medicine, and law to address the unique needs of children. A Childre n’s Studies Center, scheduled to open this year, will facilitate research on children’s issues and policy.

Professor of Judaic Studies Henry Friedlander was appointed senior Ruth Meltzer Fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., to continue his research on the legal and historical significance of the postwar Nazi war-crimes trials.

To support his research on religion among Latinos, Professor of Puerto Rican Studies Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo has over the past three years received approximately $400,000 from Pew Charitable Trusts, the Lilly Endowment, and other organizations.

Through the work of Distinguished Professor of Physics Fred H. Pollak, Brooklyn College has become a world center in semiconductor research. The college is part of the New York State Center for Applied Technology, which builds business and academic partnerships to develop new technologies that will create jobs in the state. This work is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the New York State Science and Technology Foundation.

Brooklyn College’s new 16,000-square-foot Aquatic Research Center, part of CUNY’s Higher Education Applied Technology (HEAT) Program, is being financed by a $15-million bond issue. Funds to establish the center were obtained through a grant written by Distinguished Professor Martin P. Schreibman, ’56 laboratory director. The center, a world-class research and teaching facility, can model water conditions and study, at comparatively low cost, ecological pro blems and the practicality of raising fish in space as a regenerating food source.