“Egalitarian Revolution in the Savanna: The Origins of a West African Political System” is a new release in the “Approaches to Anthropology Archaeology” series from Equinox Publishing, Ltd. Published in 2012 by Stephen Dueppen, a University of Oregon assistant professor in anthropology, the book offers new insights into the evolution of an ancient West African society. The book is based on several years of field research in Burkino Faso.

Multiple exhibitions and other attractions are in store as the UO’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art celebrates its 80th birthday. The museum will offer special loans, a first-time online exhibition catalog and a free, public reception from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, May 31.

Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will be the keynote speaker at the University of Oregon School of Law 2013 Commencement on Saturday, May 18, at Eugene's Hult Center for the Performing Arts. Abrahamson, who was the only woman on the Wisconsin Supreme Court when appointed in 1976, is now the court's longest serving member.

The University of Oregon Center for Asian and Pacific Studies screened two documentaries, “The Revolutionary” and “Fumiko Hayashida: The Woman Behind the Symbol,” on May 3, in Room 180 of Prince Lucien Campbell Hall.

A new UO study suggests that women are increasingly altering their monthly menstruation cycles. A surprisingly large number of women 18 or older choose to delay or skip monthly menstruation by deviating from the instructions of birth-control pills and other hormonal contraceptives, a team of UO researchers and others found, in a study of female students at the university.