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Emily Haavik

Emily Haavik is an independent journalist, audio producer and composer. She spent a decade working in public radio and television news, and her work has been honored with a Peabody and a DuPont, as well as multiple regional Emmy and Murrow awards. She loves to travel and tell stories that focus on the environment and criminal justice. She also fronts an Americana band.
Is the online tuition-free ‘University of the People’ worth it?
Following most of Europe, 3-year degrees to be offered in the US
Salmon are returning to Europe’s Rhine River, but they still have one key barrier
Germany’s Black Forest turns a troubling shade of green
Somali president visits Minneapolis
Welcome to Longyearbyen: The height of Arctic haute cuisine
Disappearing North American loon
In Svalbard, polar bears survive climate change
Is the tuition-free, online University of the People worth it?
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The price of higher ed
‘University of the People’ offers tuition-free degrees for marginalized students across the globe
College campus crowded with multiple people
The World's Global Classroom
Accreditors approve historic shortened bachelor’s degrees in the US
The Rhine River passes through Basel, a Swiss city that sits near the borders of Germany and France.
Environment
Salmon are returning to Europe’s Rhine River, but a key barrier remains
On the outer edge of a bog in Kohlhütte nature reserve, the land is drier than it used to be. Once, this dirt would have been more like thick mud.
Climate Change
In Germany’s Black Forest and beyond, a quiet loss of biodiversity
In 2010, Noreen Dertinger finally spotted her first loon chick on Lake Kennebec. Unfortunately, it did not survive the year.
Environment
Mysterious drop in loon population prompts cross-border collaborations in North America
Chef Josh Wing’s menu at Restaurant Polfareren is small and simple, changing with the seasons and incorporating as much local game as possible.
Food
Welcome to Longyearbyen: The height of Arctic haute cuisine
This mother polar bear and her two cubs are headed down to the sea ice in the Svalbard archipelago. She’ll have to teach them to hunt seals, their primary prey, in a changing landscape.
Climate Change
Svalbard’s polar bears persist as sea ice melts — but not forever
Welsh conductor Grant Llewellyn conducts an orchestra in 2007.
Environment
There’s a reason why great music can give you a ‘skin orgasm’ — chills down your spine