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Vanessa Miller
I’ve covered lots of beats over my decades as a reporter, and one reason I really enjoy higher education is because it touches on them all. One day I’m writing about science and interviewing University of Iowa NASA researchers, the next I’m writing about health care, or agriculture, or a new Iowa State-supported business, or athletic budgets, or criminal justice, or the Legislature and potential bills affecting Iowa’s university and college campuses. I also love that I get to investigate and dig deep on some stories, report hard news, and then also share incredible and sometimes harrowing tales of survival or discovery. When I’m not working, I’m playing with my kids or following them around to wrestling tournaments. Get the news delivered right to your inbox.
Latest Articles by Vanessa Miller
Education Aug. 25, 2020 2:49 pm1864d ago
In the first week of classes at Iowa State University, 130 students, faculty, and staff tested positive for COVID-19 – …
Education Aug. 24, 2020 4:32 pm1865d ago
IOWA CITY – On the first day of a starkly-different pandemic-plagued fall semester, the University of Iowa on Monday reported …
Education Aug. 23, 2020 4:43 pm1866d ago
IOWA CITY – Just hours before University of Iowa students head back to class Monday for an unprecedented semester plagued …
News Aug. 21, 2020 9:55 pm1868d ago
A week after maskless Iowa State University students were seen crammed into bars and off-campus parties, ISU President Wendy Wintersteen …
News Aug. 21, 2020 1:51 pm1868d ago
IOWA CITY – In neat cursive 143 years ago, University of Iowa professor Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs wrote in an Iowa …
Education Aug. 20, 2020 6:44 pm1869d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa is apologizing for how a student was treated after testing positive for COVID-19 …
Education Aug. 20, 2020 5:49 pm1869d ago
IOWA CITY – As a growing number of universities nationally cancel plans for in-person learning this semester amid reports of …
Government & Politics Aug. 18, 2020 10:32 pm1871d ago
IOWA CITY – After agreeing more than a month ago to hire an independent firm to investigate the use of …
Health Care and Medicine Aug. 18, 2020 6:41 pm1871d ago
In the final three days of Iowa State’s weekslong process to move more than 8,000 students into its 18 residence …
Community Aug. 18, 2020 4:33 pm1871d ago
IOWA CITY – When Carson King nearly a year ago hoisted a sign asking for beer money that he promptly …
Education Aug. 17, 2020 7:54 pm1872d ago
IOWA CITY – Thousands of University of Iowa students move into the residence halls this week in preparation for tens …
Education Aug. 17, 2021 1:59 pm1507d ago
With students back in Ames for Monday’s start of classes, onlookers over the weekend flooded social media with photos of …
Health Care and Medicine Aug. 15, 2020 2:49 pm1874d ago
IOWA CITY — When Cassie Finley moved from Oregon to Iowa City last fall to pursue a University of Iowa …
Education Aug. 14, 2020 5:42 pm1875d ago
In another week of residence hall move-in at Iowa State University involving mandatory COVID-19 testing – complicated by a massive …
Education Aug. 13, 2020 7:05 pm1876d ago
Standardized testing, while always a challenge for some, has become historically – and in some cases insurmountably – difficult for …