The April 25 talk is this year’s Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples Lecture.

The awards stimulate promising research and scholarly activity by scholarship and creative projects across the university.

The plan will allow honors students to earn both degrees in six years instead of the usual seven.

The Robert D. Clark Honors College emphasizes scholarship and research in a tight-knit, dynamic community of students and faculty.

At the UO, students have access to academic courses for 23 languages — 16 modern and classical languages and additional instruction for six others.