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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

17 Oct 2001: The findings from the University's first Equality Agenda seminar are published today on the Personnel Department website. The seminar was held in May as part

26 Mar 2001: Engineering is a fascinating profession involved in the design and manufacture of almost everything you can see: from microchips to motorways, from aeroplanes

2 Apr 2001: A new exhibition of maps at the Cambridge University Library tells the story of how European cartographers charted Australia. Timed to coincide with the

21 May 2001: International conference on government and the internet The internet is changing the world. Having started as a research tool sponsored by the military, it has

29 Aug 2001: A group of Cambridge students have spent their summer break putting together a touring production of Romeo and Juliet. Previews will be held at the ADC Theatre

25 Jun 2001: University team strive to find world's most fuel-efficient vehicle A team of researchers from the University's Cavendish Laboratory took part in the Shell

2 Oct 2001: The technology at the heart of this project is an innovative system of photovoltaic cells that will convert sunlight into electricity, and then use the

7 Sep 2001: Eight Cambridge students shortlisted for major award Britain's top science, engineering and technology students will discover next month which of them has been

6 Dec 2001: The future of theoretical physics and cosmology Stephen Hawking 60th Birthday Symposium Friday, 11 January 2002 Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge The

19 Feb 2001: Launch of the new Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities Today at the British Academy in London, the University of Cambridge launched

14 Nov 2001: This month staff and students are involved in the revival of an opera which was almost lost after being suppressed by the Third Reich in the 1930s. Cambridge

17 May 2001: The University is helping local groups to make a difference to their community. Again this year, the University has sponsored the region's Community Challenge

14 Mar 2001: Later this month Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, the Secretary-General of Nato, will give a Cambridge European Trust lecture. The lecture will be held on 23

12 Jun 2001: Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Bateman Street gate. Monday 18 June - Friday 22 June 2001 (inclusive) Open daily from 10am For three days next week, the

4 Apr 2001: Cambridge University Botanic Garden extends free opening hours during crisis. In a positive gesture to help the community during the foot-and-mouth crisis, the

12 Oct 2001: This week Cambridge students are taking part in a production of the Greek tragedy Electra, continuing a 100-year-old tradition of Classical drama at the

26 Oct 2001: This weekend the University is holding two very different public events - Back to the Stone Age at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on Saturday 27

4 Jun 2001: Teaching Hamlet on the web Peter Donaldson, Head of the Literature Faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and several of his colleagues

12 Jan 2001: Cambridge and Grosvenor establish a major partnership Jeremy Newsum, Chief Executive of the Grosvenor Group and Professor Sir Alec Broers, Vice-Chancellor of

12 Dec 2001: It was not so much a game of two halves as a game of half chances - the first try-less match since 1981 proved a disappointing spectacle for the 50,000 who

18 Jul 2001: A new website has been launched by Cambridge University to shed light on the way that it manages, maintains and constructs its buildings. The University of

3 Jul 2001: Kettle's Yard will be welcoming an old friend on Saturday 7 July when Professor Phillip King CBE RA, sculptor and President of the Royal Academy of Arts,

3 Sep 2001: 28 August - 21 October Fitzwilliam Museum, Shiba Room Kunisada and Kabuki is the third in a series of exhibitions to be held at the Fitzwilliam Museum. It

18 Dec 2001: Instead of the usual Nordmann's Spruce, the flower spike of the Agave sisalana that went through the Glasshouse roof earlier this year has been recycled to

15 Mar 2001: For the past five years the University of Cambridge and Unilever have been working on a major new joint venture - the Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics

16 Nov 2001: Cambridge University Students Union's Little Black Book has been awarded one of the top prizes in the 7th Annual British Diversity Awards 2001. The handbook,

20 Nov 2001: A Cambridge graduate history student has won the 2001 Palgrave/THES Humanities and Social Science prize for an essay on the past and future of the university.

2 Jul 2001: The Cambridge Entrepreneurship Centre (CEC) is holding its annual Summer School this week. Budding entrepreneurs - some from within the University, some from

5 Dec 2001: The flag will fly from Great St Mary's Church, in honour of the man who made the first steps towards Korean unification, President of the Republic of Korea,

9 Mar 2001: BSE, global warming, genetically modified crops and nuclear power - at the heart of many of today's most important social and political issues lies the

10 May 2001: As the foot-and-mouth epidemic comes under control, attention is turning to the question of what caused the outbreak and how future recurrences might be

23 Apr 2001: On Monday 30 April Barbra Chilangwa, Zambia's Deputy Permanent Secretary for Education, will give a talk at the University. Her lecture, The Challenges of

9 Apr 2001: For the fourth year running, the University of Cambridge has topped the Financial Times annual UK universities league table, which was published on Saturday, 7

2 Aug 2001: The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded a grant of £5.6 million towards the Fitzwilliam Museum's Courtyard Development. This building project is vital to

8 Oct 2001: Cambridge students swept the board in this year's prestigious Science, Engineering & Technology (SET) Student of the Year Awards, winning four of the 13

19 Nov 2001: The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) has made significant progress since its launch in February 2001. Support staff and

14 Aug 2001: Travelling and Sculpture 11 - 25 August 2001 The Botanic Garden's contribution to the Year of the Artist continues this month with the return of Mary Butcher

22 Jun 2001: The Faculty of Divinity's new building has won an award from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The building, which was designed by Edward

17 Sep 2001: Physics at Work Exhibition starts at Cambridge University Have you ever wondered how to design a training shoe, or what kind of things you need to know before

27 Nov 2001: Professor Malcolm Grant has been appointed a Pro-Vice-Chancellor for three years from 1 January 2002. A Fellow of Clare College, Professor Grant is Head of the