Not really.

If you can find someone who knows about "proxy servers" tell them that LW can also connect through proxy servers and get them to help you.

Really though, if you have a legitimate need for academic filesharing, talk to the people who administer your school's network. I would guess they will try to help. see http://lionshare.its.psu.edu/main/ for one example of LimeWire being used for academic p2p