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Professor Marcus du Sautoy has a new four part TV series, The Story of Maths, starting at 9pm (this time is provisional) on Monday 6 October on BBC4.

Marcus has travelled around the world, to take viewers through a 30,000 year history of maths.

We are pleased to announce the following awards:

Lifetime Achievement Awards go to Dr David Acheson and Dr Peter Neumann O.B.E.

A New Appointee Award goes to Prof Tom Witelski.

Teaching Development Awards go to Dr Jan Grabowski, Prof Roger Heath-Brown, Prof Alison Etheridge, Prof Victor Flynn, and Dr Anne Henke

Congratulations to Michael Collins, John Lennox, and John Ockendon on the conferment of the title of Professor of Mathematics, and to Andrew Dancer and Xenia de la Ossa on the conferment of the title Reader in Mathematics.

Terry Lyons is to present an IMS Medallion Lecture at the 2010 SPA meeting in Osaka, Japan.

Each year eight Medallion Lecturers are chosen across all areas of statistics and probability by the IMS Committee on Special Lectures. The Medallion nomination is an honour and an acknowledgement of a significant research contribution to one or more areas of research.

Congratulations to Jim Murray (formerly of this department) on the award of the Bakerian Prize Lecture by the Royal Society

The Royal Society has awarded Roger Penrose the Copley medal, the world's oldest prize for scientific achievement for his exceptional contributions to geometry and mathematical physics.

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Congratulations to Tamas Hausel on the award of an LMS Whitehead Prize.

The Chairman of the Mathematical Institute invites you and your partner to an end of year Party to be held a the Mathematical Institute on Monday 14 July 2008 from 4.00 - 6.00 pm. Children welcome.

RSVP to Brenda Willoughby (2)73576 @email.