Dr. Brian R. James

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  Brian James awarded the 2000 Chemical Institute of Canada Medal
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  Brian James awarded the 2000 Chemical Institute of Canada Medal
  
  Dr. Brian R. James of the Department of Chemistry and the UBC Pulp and Paper Centre has been awarded the 2000 Chemical Institute of Canada Medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the science of chemistry.
  
  Dr. James joined the UBC Pulp and Paper Centre as a Faculty Associate in 1995.His pulp and paper research is focused on the inhibition of yellowing of mechanical pulps.Dr. James is one of twelve UBC Pulp and Paper Centre faculty in the Mechanical Wood-Pulps Network of the Networks of Centres of Excellence.

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  UBC registrar Brian Silzer said studying alongside people who come from different places is good for students.
  
  "It's a greater opportunity to meet people from elsewhere in the country and from around the world, so we're trying to diversify the student population here," said Silzer.

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  Over at the chemistry department of the University of British Columbia, Professor Emeritus Brian James is singing the blues ... blue-stained pulp, that is.Dingy blue-stained chips makes for dingy, blue-ish paper.Compared to green healthy wood, mechanical pulps from MPB lodgepole fibre have much lower brightness.
  
  Bleaching grey-stage MPB pulp with alkaline hydrogen peroxide helps somewhat, but it isn't enough.The resulting brightness gap is commercially unacceptable.
  
  James and his FII-funded UBC research team hope to jump the gap via a new and less expensive route, to a proven, yet costly, bleaching agent.There is an existing water-soluble chelating phosphine compound which is extremely effective at bleaching MPB stain but carries what James calls a "ridiculous price" of around $150 a gram. (It also carries a tongue-twisting name: bis[bis(hydroxymethyl) phosphino]ethane commonly abbreviated as BBHPE.) In a sort of chemical reverse engineering, James hopes to create a cost-effective synthetic route to BBHPE -and at a far cheaper price.
  
  The costs have already been reduced significantly.First, the team improved on the literature prep and eliminated an expensive platinum catalyst.Next, they plan to switch to inexpensive, non-flammable ethylene glycol as the precursor, or base chemical.Says James, "I think we're making very good progress and we've got one very good way to make it more cheaply."
  
  It is still in the early stages, but James says the research, testing and brightness assessment, scheduled for a mid-2009 completion, show promise.Assuming all goes well, the next step is to find a company willing and able to scale-up production of this BBHPE from lab-size amounts to full commercial production.Ideally, it would price in at around three to four dollars a kilo, or similarly to alkaline hydrogen peroxide.
  
  "I think it will work," says James."It's just a question of getting enough [BBHPE] material and a cheaper method.

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  Brian Silzer, the University of B.C.'s registrar, said the institution has met its target of 4,500 new undergrads for this fall, but some departments have lowered their admission averages by three or four per cent.
  
  "My experience tells me when the economy is booming and there is lots of employment ... it's easier for people to find employment and some students elect to seek more immediate gain," he said.
  
  Silzer said the institution hasn't experienced a drop-off in demand like some other institutions because it has the large population of Vancouver to draw upon and UBC's good reputation means many students target it.

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  "We spend $2.5 million a year on user fees, and the decision was made that (money) could be used better if we were to use it for something else," said Brian Silzer, university registrar for both UBC campuses.
  
  Although there are no plans at the moment for how the savings will be spent, Silzer said there are a variety of ways it could be directed.

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  Dr. Brian James
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  Dr. Brian James

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  Brian Silzer, UBC's registrar, told CBC News that some departments have reduced their admission averages by three or four per cent from last year and UNBC stated they will have empty spaces in September.

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  Dr. Brian R. James
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  Brian James has made seminal contributions, over a period of 45 years, to homogeneous catalysis by transition-metal complexes, especially those of platinum metals.His research interests have focused mainly on activation of H2, O2, CO, H2S, H2O, and N2O in their interactions with organic substrates.His classic 1973 text on "Homogeneous Hydrogenation" is still quoted, and he was the first to report on the use of Ru complexes with chiral phosphines and sulfoxides as precursors for catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation.Recent research has centered on imine hydrogenation, development of new bleaching agents for pulp and paper, and medicinal inorganic chemistry utilizing Ru complexes.The research has led to over 400 publications and 6 patents, and has been recognized by over 30 national and international awards, but he considers his major contribution has been a role in the development of the careers of his 54 Ph.D. and 26 M.Sc. students.

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  Brian James awarded the 2000 Chemical Institute of Canada Medal
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  Brian James awarded the 2000 Chemical Institute of Canada Medal
  
  Dr. Brian R. James of the Department of Chemistry and the UBC Pulp and Paper Centre has been awarded the 2000 Chemical Institute of Canada Medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the science of chemistry.
  
  Dr. James joined the UBC Pulp and Paper Centre as a Faculty Associate in 1995.His pulp and paper research is focused on the inhibition of yellowing of mechanical pulps.Dr. James is one of twelve UBC Pulp and Paper Centre faculty in the Mechanical Wood-Pulps Network of the Networks of Centres of Excellence.

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  "When we analyzed the amount of money that was going out to manage the service fees associated with (the credit card) option, they amounted to $2.5 million on an annualized basis," said UBC's registrar Brian Silzer.
  
  Credit card companies generally charge merchants between one and two per cent of each transaction.
  
  "It was a cost that the administration, when they reflected on it, they thought it can be put to better purposes," said Silzer.
  
  It was a popular option however, with about 60 per cent of students choosing it, he said.
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  UBCO is not likely to reinstate credit card service any time soon, said Silzer.

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