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.

Rachel Grant was part of the Carnegie Global Oregon FIG and was named a Carnegie Ethics Fellow for the Future at a conference in New York last year.

Fresh eyes of a UO undergraduate on a growing environmental problem led to a project that found gender vulnerabilities should be considered.