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• BioCrossroads is the new name of what was formerly known as the Central Indiana Life Sciences Initiative.

http://www.biocrossroads.com/default.htm

• How do IT developers come up with their project names? There are a lot of acronyms involved, but you’ll read about IU’S involvement in the new Sakai Project on page A3 today, and no acronym was involved. The name is derived from the University of Michigan’s CompreHensive collaborativE Framework (CHEF) Project. Chef Sakai is a Japanese cooking artist. Bon appétit!

http://www.sakaiproject.org/

• Since its launch in 1976, funds raised during the IU Division of Recreational Sport’s Spirit of Sport have helped Special Olympics Indiana provide opportunities for physical fitness and fun competition to thousands of young children and young adults with disabilities, with more than $300,000 raised in 28 years. The event was last Friday (Feb. 6).

http://recsports.indiana.edu/sos/sos04.htm