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IUPUI published an issue brief this week entitled “IUPUI Experts: Medical Error Reporting System Help Save Lives in Indiana”. This can be viewed at: http://www.iupui.edu/news/releases/050909_medical_reporting.htm.

Robert K. Christensen (SPEA doctoral student), Edward Rakhimkulov (SPEA doctoral student), and Charles Wise (SPEA IUB) published “The Ukrainian Orange Revolution brought more than a new president: What kind of democracy will the institutional changes bring?” in Communist and Post-Communist Studies 38 (2005) 207-230.

Former SPEA PhD student, Aaron Coby, and Flynn Picardal, IUB, recently published the paper, “Inhibition of NO3- and NO2-Reduction by Microbial Fe (III) Reduction: Evidence of a Reaction Between NO2- and Cell-Surface Bound Fe2+”, in the September 2005 issue of Applied and Environmental Microbiology (Vol. 71, pp. 5267-5274).

Maxine E. Davis (SPEA doctoral student) and P.S. Stevens, IUB, published “Measurements of the kinetics of the OH-initiated oxidation of a-pinene” in Atmospheric Environment, 39, 1765-1774, 2005. Davis and Stevens, with C. Tapscott (SPEA BSES student) published “Measurements of the kinetics of the OH-initiated oxidation of b-pinene: Radical propagation in the OH + b-pinene + O2 + NO reaction system” in the International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 37, 522-531, 2005.

Sean Graham (MSES 2003) and Chris Craft, IUB, recently co-authored a paper in the journal Restoration Ecology. The full citation is: Aldous, A., P. McCormick, C. Ferguson, S. Graham, and C. Craft 2005. Hydrologic regime controls soil phosphorus fluxes in restoration and undisturbed wetlands. Restoration Ecology 13:341-347.

Ron Hites’, IUB, recent publications include:

Relative rate and product studies of the OH-acetone reaction, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 109, 4728-4735 (2005); with J.D. Raff (SPEA doctoral student) and P.S. Stevens, IUB.

Brominated flame-retardants in sediment cores from Lakes Michigan and Erie, Environmental Science and Technology, 39, 3488-3494 (2005); with L.Y. Zhu (SPEA post-doctoral associate), erratum 39, 5904 (2005).

Novel flame-retardants, 1,2-bis (2,4,6-tribromophenoxy) ethane and 2,3,4,5,6-pentabromoethylbenzene, in environmental samples, Environmental Science and Technology, 39, 2472-2477 (2005); with E. Hoh (SPEA doctoral student) and L.Y. Zhu.

Monitoring OH initiated oxidation kinetics of isoprene and its products using on-line mass spectrometry, Environmental Science and Technology, 39, 1030-1036 (2005); with W. Lee (SPEA post-doctoral associate), M. Baasandorj, and P.S. Stevens.

Temperature dependence of atmospheric PCB concentrations, Environmental Science and Technology, 39, 740-747 (2005); with D.L. Carlson (SPEA post-doctoral associate).

John Krauss, IUPUI, was interviewed by Indy Star columnist John Ketzenberger in “Downtown Opens Door to Regional Cooperation.” The interview can be accessed at: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050908/COLUMNISTS21/509080405/1003/BUSINESS.

Robert S. Kravchuk, IUB, co-authored (with Victor Chudowsky of the Meridian International Center) “Ukraine's 1994 Elections as an Economic Event” in Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol. 38 (2005): 131-165. Kravchuk also published “Kuchma as Economic Reformer, 1994-2004” in Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 52 (September/October 2005).

Les Lenkowsky, IUPUI and IUB, published “Will the Money for Katrina’s Survivors Be Spent Wisely?” in the September 15 “Opinion” column of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, available to subscribers at: http://philanthropy.com/temp/email.php?id=wjmficxu8cavx6qfix0cm3rk2o6hwnnh.

Rafael Reuveny, IUB, and Christopher S. Decker published “Endogenous Technological Innovation and the Malthusian Trap: Could Simon and Boserup Have Saved Easter Island?” in Human Ecology, 2005, Vol. 36: 119-140.

Philip Rutledge (Emeritus, IUB, IUPUI, IUN), published “African Immigrants on Group’s Agenda” in the September 4 edition of The Indianapolis Star.