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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 Nov. 14, 2019 2:38 pm2149d ago
CEDAR FALLS – The same day students from Iowa’s public universities stood before the Board of Regents with raised fists …
Education Nov. 14, 2019 12:16 pm2149d ago
CEDAR FALLS – Iowa universities are increasingly more reliant on philanthropy and collaboration than waning state funding and enrollment growth …
Education Nov. 13, 2019 6:20 pm2150d ago
CEDAR FALLS – A growing portion of classroom instruction across Iowa’s three public universities is coming from non-tenure-track faculty, according …
Education Nov. 13, 2019 5:33 pm2150d ago
CEDAR FALLS – A proposed $21.2 million Iowa State University feed mill and grain science complex – pitched earlier this …
Education Nov. 13, 2019 5:48 pm2150d ago
CEDAR FALLS – The University of Iowa is moving forward with plans to build a new stand-alone 7,300-square-foot art studio …
Education Nov. 13, 2019 6:00 am2151d ago
Iowa’s three public universities pulled in millions less in tuition revenue than expected the last budget year, largely due to …
Education Nov. 13, 2019 2:25 pm2150d ago
IOWA CITY – A senior University of Iowa enterprise leadership major died Monday, according to an email sent Tuesday to …
Education Nov. 8, 2019 6:24 pm2155d ago
Coe College may no longer count the value of a donated 1932 Grant Wood mural toward its endowment, the Iowa …
Education Nov. 8, 2019 10:00 am2156d ago
Iowa’s public universities want regents to let 134 faculty members next year take paid leaves of absence to home in …
Education Nov. 8, 2019 1:42 pm2155d ago
IOWA CITY – Only partway through the fall semester, Iowa’s public universities find themselves responding to acts of racism and …
Education Nov. 6, 2019 5:54 pm2157d ago
IOWA CITY – With the University of Iowa hoping to fill its soon-to-be vacant vice president of student life post …
Education Nov. 6, 2019 1:32 pm2157d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa, which for nearly a decade has owned 38 acres of vacant land in …
Government & Politics Nov. 5, 2019 5:44 pm2158d ago
Nearly 160 years after 24 students started attending the ‘Iowa College for the Blind” in a 70,000-square-foot space in Vinton, …
Education Nov. 5, 2019 3:49 pm2158d ago
With Iowa’s public universities – housing the state’s highest-profile athletes – navigating their response to a new law legalizing collegiate …
Education Nov. 7, 2019 2:37 pm2156d ago
After a year of negotiations, the University of Northern Iowa and Des Moines Area Community College this week will unveil …