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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 Dec. 23, 2018 6:30 pm2476d ago
In the early morning hours of an October Sunday in 2007, a University of Iowa female student-athlete was sexually assaulted …
Education Dec. 20, 2018 6:50 pm2478d ago
The longtime head of Iowa State University’s booming Research Park – who oversaw its explosion in size, scope, and impact …
Education Dec. 18, 2018 6:42 pm2481d ago
IOWA CITY – Building a new University of Iowa art museum after its original iteration was badly damaged in flooding …
Education Dec. 14, 2018 1:59 pm2485d ago
More than a year has passed since a Polk County District Court judge sided with the Board of Regents in …
Education Dec. 14, 2018 7:06 pm2484d ago
IOWA CITY – Earlier this year, pledges to the University of Iowa Beta-Rho chapter of Kappa Sigma were told to …
Education Mar. 12, 2019 6:57 pm2396d ago
DES MOINES – An attorney representing the University of Iowa in its fight with a contractor over work on its …
Education Dec. 12, 2018 7:47 pm2486d ago
IOWA CITY – When legislators changed Iowa’s collective bargaining law last year – allowing the Board of Regents to refuse …
Education Dec. 11, 2018 3:21 pm2488d ago
IOWA CITY – Imagine if you could pop a pill that would lower the risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer …
Education Dec. 10, 2018 6:57 pm2488d ago
IOWA CITY – Many of the University of Iowa centers that administrators said they plan to close in the coming …
Education Dec. 9, 2018 8:59 pm2489d ago
Private colleges and universities typically have more flexibility than their public counterparts in setting top executive pay, as evidenced by …
Education Mar. 12, 2019 6:56 pm2396d ago
IOWA CITY – At the heart of a $21.5 million clash between the University of Iowa and a contractor about …
Education Dec. 6, 2018 6:34 pm2493d ago
IOWA CITY – Having asked in September for proposals from contractors interested in building a new $10 million Finkbine Golf …
Education Dec. 5, 2018 10:59 am2494d ago
IOWA CITY – The last time Craig Aarhus went to the Outback Bowl, in 2006, he was pursuing a doctoral …
Sports Dec. 4, 2018 9:03 pm2494d ago
Iowans like to head south for the winter especially if it means watching their home team perform in the national …
Education Dec. 3, 2018 7:05 pm2495d ago
IOWA CITY – Already the state’s largest hospital system, University of Iowa Health Care recently added to its sprawling footprint …