The story: Indiana University has reinstated a summer archaeology study program in Israel. The university suspended the program in 2002 when the U.S. State Department issued a warning against travel in Israel.

The quote: “At that point (a summer 2004 visit to Israel), it was clear there had been a dramatic drop in the number of terrorist attacks. It seemed like a reasonable option to give students...”

—Steve Weitzman, director of IU’s Jewish studies program

The source: Associated Press, Feb. 9, 2005

The headline: “IU Center Plans Project to Preserve Rare Recordings”

The story: Indiana University’s Archives of Traditional Music has received a $340,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant to preserve rare sound recordings. The project is a partnership with Harvard University’s Archive of World Music.

The quote: “This is a partnership and collaboration that, I am confident, will revolutionize the way some of the world’s most irreplaceable and endangered sound recordings are preserved.”

—Bruce Cole, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities and a distinguished professor emeritus of art history at IU

The source: Associated Press, Feb. 4, 2005

The headline: “New Brain Bank will do Research on Alzheimer’s”

The story: IU School of Medicine Fort Wayne has become a site for a regional brain bank, one of three in the state.

The quote: “You can do only so much in animals. The chemistry and biology of rat brains is not the same as humans. Sometimes, what works in an animal doesn’t work in a human. We’re looking at different hormone effects on Alzheimer’s.”

—Dr. Robert Sweazey, associate professor in the department of anatomy and cell biology.

The source: Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, Feb. 7, 2005