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8 May 2001: Essays in Philosophy of Culture Smuts Memorial Lectures 8 - 11 May 2001 This year's Smuts Memorial Lectures will be given by Professor V Y Mudimbe on four

29 Nov 2001: Flamsteed, who held the post of Astronomer Royal from 1675 until his death in 1719, became a nominal member of Jesus College in 1670, when he was 24 years old;

16 Mar 2001: This Saturday thousands of children and adults will be crowding into the University's New Museums Site to join Johnny Ball and Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir

15 Jun 2001: Today, Friday 15 June 2001, the Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, will confer honorary degrees at a traditional ceremony

29 May 2001: Opening of the new BP Institute at the University of Cambridge Sir Robert May, President of the Royal Society, and Sir John Browne, BP Group Chief Executive,

21 Nov 2001: This Friday (23 November, 2001) Stephen Gomersall, the UK Ambassador to Japan will visit the University to give a talk on the challenges now facing Japan.

3 Jan 2001: Several past and present members of the University were recognised in the New Years Honours list. Professor Lynn Faith Gladden of the Department of Chemical

5 Jan 2001: Cambridge celebrates its octocentenary as a town this year. It is 800 years since King John granted Cambridge its charter, devolving government of the city

31 May 2001: Is a bird in the hand worth two in the bush? The tendency to choose instant gratification rather than wait for a larger reward is linked to drug addiction,

13 Jun 2001: The University regrets to announce that the Dirac Lecture which was due to be given by Professor Freeman Dyson on Monday 18 June 2001 at the University's