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• Interested in the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program? A half-day workshop Thursday, May 13, in Bloomington, will feature IUB professors Charles Watson, Diane Kewley-Port and Dan Maki, who formed Communication Disorders Technology Inc. Call 1-800-624 8315 for information.

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  Korea's Sung Shin Educational Foundation has established a $100,000 fund for IU Kokomo educational exchange programs. Korean businessman and philanthropist Se Ung Lee (left), chairman of the Korean foundation, signed an agreement with IUK Chancellor Emita Hill (right) March 4. The fund will enable IUK to facilitate exchanges of students and faculty with colleges in the Pacific Rim. At the IU Northwest campus earlier this spring, the Northern Indiana Public Service Company presented a check for $100,000 to IUN, 60 percent of which will go to scholarships while 40 percent will fund child care on campus.

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• Cold, rainy conditions could not hamper the enthusiasm of more than 650 IUPUI faculty, staff, students and friends who joined 17,000 others participating in the April 17 Race for the Cure, sponsored by the Breast Health Awareness League. This year marked IUPUI's first to host the event at the Michael A. Carroll Track and Soccer Stadium. Campus involvement provided $25,000 to the event through in kind services, qualifying the university as a Gold Medal sponsor. IUPUI also won the award for the largest number of entries from a school.

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