Graduate Bulletin 2011–2012 - Brooklyn College - CUNY

38 Academic Resources
is a popular site for computing, study and student interchange,
or merely having a sandwich, coffee or soda.
Walter W. Gerboth Music Library
Second floor, Brooklyn College Library
The music library is named in memory of its principal founder
and first librarian, respected teacher and scholar Walter W.
Gerboth. It offers facilities for music study, research, listening
and viewing. The collection comprises thousands of scores
and books about music and dance (classical, popular, and
world), many of which circulate for home use; sound and
video recordings; and journals and other serials, including an
important collection of composers’ complete works editions
and monumental editions. The collection is complemented
by that of the H. Wiley Hitchcock Institute for Studies in
American Music, 415 Whitehead Hall.
Specialized libraries
A number of smaller, specialized libraries are housed within
academic departments and centers. These include the Meier
Bernstein Art Library (Art) and S. Eugene Scalia Memorial
Library (Center for Italian American Studies). For more
information, refer to specific departments.
Centers and Institutes
Africana Research Center
3103 James Hall, 718.951.5597
The center promotes research in Africana studies and in
political, economic, and cultural issues of interest to scholars
and the African, Caribbean and African American communities.
Applied Sciences Institute
3228 Boylan Hall, 718.951.5252
The Applied Sciences Institute (ASI) comprises seven research
institutes at the college: Applied Vision, Aquatic Research, and
Environmental Assessment, Electrochemistry, Feeding Behavior
and Nutrition, Neural and Intelligent Systems, Semiconductor,
and Surfactant Research. Its purpose is to promote significant
funded research in a broad range of applied sciences,
to promote economic development through interaction
with local and regional industry, and to create educational
opportunities—including those for women and minorities—
that help to increase the technological and scientific workforce
needed for the economic health of the city. The ASI seeks
to promote and encourage applied research at the college
in such fields as applied biomedicine, aquaculture, health and
nutrition, information systems, and computational science, and
others. Directors of the institutes are scientists of international
stature who have demonstrated records of attracting
substantial grants and contracts from both government and
industrial sources. The institutes draw on the skills and efforts
of faculty and postdoctoral research associates as well as
graduate and undergraduate students at the college.
Archaeological Research Center
0207 Ingersoll Hall, 718.951.4714
The center supports excavations abroad on sites dating from
early Neolithic to medieval times. The center also supports
and directs excavations in New York. Evidence is recovered
and studied from these and other digs in which faculty members
and students participate. The center publishes its findings.
Auditory Research Center
4416 Boylan Hall, 718.951.5186
The Brooklyn College Auditory Research Center conducts
basic and applied research on various topics related to the
auditory system. A recent highlight of center activity is a
successful investigation of the EarPopper, a nonsurgical device
used for the elimination of middle-ear fluid in children. The
center has received a number of federally funded research
grants in which paid graduate students participate as research
assistants. Some of these students have gone on to pursue
doctoral degrees at institutions across the country, including
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the CUNY
Graduate Center. The advisory board for the center includes
prominent physicians and scientists.
Center for Child and Adult Development
1205 James Hall, 718.951.5876
The center is sponsored by the School Psychologist Graduate
Program of the School of Education. It serves the community
and professionals in the fields of education and psychology by
providing, through conferences and symposia, information on
mental health practices and recent research relevant to child
and adult development.
Center for Computer Music
250 Gershwin Hall, 718.951.5582
The Center for Computer Music, part of the Conservatory of
Music, promotes musical and interdisciplinary projects using
a variety of computer applications. It focuses on digital audio,
synthesis and digital signal processing. Applications include
Protools, MAX-MSP, Kyma, Waves, GRM, Sound Hack,
MetaSynth, DP and others. Annually, the center produces a
CD of student and faculty compositions. It also maintains an
active visiting composer series. Its recording studio is equipped
with 16-track digital recording with mixdown capabilities. A
variety of high-quality microphones, mixers, tape recorders
and signal processors is available. The center’s control room is
linked to a medium-sized room for solo and chamber music
recordings and to a fully equipped 500-seat theater for larger
ensembles. Since 1990, the Center for Computer Music has