Solvejg Wastvedt

Solvejg Wastvedt grew up in western Pennsylvania and graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Over the summer, she served in Los Angeles as an intern on NPR's National Desk. Plus, before coming to Upstate New York, Solvejg worked at the Minneapolis community radio station KFAI. When she isn't reporting the news, Solvejg enjoys running and exploring hiking trails.
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The I-35W bridge was one of Minnesota's busiest, carrying 140,000 cars a day over the Mississippi River. It collapsed during rush hour on Aug. 1, 2007. Ten years later, the disaster still looms large.
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Often, high school band music is composed by white men. So this school is seeking out music from women and composers of color who are writing music, but aren't being published at the same rate.
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“Community college” used to equal “commuter school”. Students came to class during the day and went home at night. Now that’s changing. A 2013 report from…
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A large majority of Ithaca College faculty voted “no confidence” in college President Tom Rochon in a vote that concluded last week. Results were...
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Ithaca College students will release the results of a confidence vote in their college president Monday, and the college faculty hold their own vote...
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Just days after protests at the University of Missouri caused the system president’s resignation, protesters at Ithaca College are calling for their...
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Students at Ithaca College gathered today to demand the resignation of their college president. They say he has a long history of unresponsiveness to...
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Paid family leave is rare in the U.S. It’s when a worker gets time off to care for a new child or sick family member – and gets paid for it. On March...
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When New York legislators vote on seven new Board of Regents members on March 10, they’ll act out a vision that dates back to 1784. That’s when the...
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Results are in for the first year of New York’s new replacement for the GED. The new test aims to lower costs and gradually phases in national Common...