“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.
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The University of Oregon Police Department is poised to take a critical next step in its evolution.
After months tuning job descriptions, compensation details and union representation, openings have been posted for police line officers.
The department is accepting applications from experienced officers or newcomers, as long as they have the right stuff for the university.
“Technology and Environment: The Postwar House in Southern California” – an exhibit co-curated by Judith Shein, head of the University of Oregon Department of Architecture, and Cal Poly Pomona architecture Professor Lauren Weiss Bricker – will be at the Kellogg Gallery at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona through July 12.
Sheine and Bricker will present the curator’s gallery lecture on Saturday, May 18, at 11 a.m.
Ducks flock to campus any number of ways – walk, bike, bus, carpool – but a new commuter survey suggests they increasingly do not rely on the single-person car trip.
A survey earlier this year of students, faculty and staff showed that only 18 percent of the campus drives alone to work, with bicycling the top commute choice (21 percent). The finding comes as the UO community gears up for the annual Business Commute Challenge, a weeklong promotion of active and healthy transportation options.
The University of Oregon School of Music and Dance will welcome Stephen Kelly, the Dye Family Professor of Music, emeritus, at Carleton College in Minnesota, during the week of May 6 to 11. The UO school has named Kelly a 2013 Robert M. Trotter Visiting Professor – a mark of distinction reserved for honored guest artists and scholars.
While on campus, Kelly will make three public appearances, lecturing on three distinct and musically significant eras.
