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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
News Sep. 28, 2017 6:21 pm2927d ago
IOWA CITY – One year after the head of University of Iowa’s $1.9 billion health care enterprise announced plans to …
Higher Ed Sep. 28, 2017 9:24 am2927d ago
A 21-member Iowa State University committee charged with searching for the school’s next president has narrowed a pool of seven …
Higher Ed Sep. 28, 2017 9:25 am2927d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa is expanding the use of its former AIB College of Business campus in …
Higher Ed Sep. 27, 2017 8:37 am2928d ago
After first losing its plaintiff and then its argument to swap in a substitute petitioner, a once defunct lawsuit against …
Higher Ed Sep. 26, 2017 2:22 pm2929d ago
A former University of Iowa employee suing the Board of Regents for the way it hired UI President Bruce Harreld …
News Sep. 26, 2017 12:05 pm2929d ago
URBANDALE – With its university presidents saying they’ve already saved million by being more efficient, the Board of Regents meeting …
News Sep. 24, 2017 2:03 pm2931d ago
Many freshmen come to college conflicted about their academic-career aspirations. Not Lauren Sutkus. The Chicagoland native knew what she wanted …
Iowa Ideas Aug. 17, 2021 2:22 pm1508d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Those looking for a ‘silver bullet” to Iowa’s higher education funding crisis won’t find it in the …
Higher Ed Sep. 24, 2017 12:12 am2932d ago
An Iowa Board of Regents committee on Friday voted to advance just one of five semifinalists to become its next …
News Sep. 21, 2017 5:55 pm2934d ago
IOWA CITY – The former Microsoft vice president who for the past five years has led the University of Iowa’s …
Higher Ed Sep. 19, 2017 9:22 am2936d ago
A 21-member search committee charged with sifting through the 64 candidates to become Iowa State University’s next president will interview …
News Sep. 19, 2017 9:24 am2936d ago
IOWA CITY – Iowa’s public universities typically ask lawmakers for ‘general” fund resources to be used for ‘general” purposes – …
News Sep. 19, 2017 9:21 am2936d ago
Even as the University of Iowa and Iowa State University look to slow years of record-setting enrollment growth, many of …
Higher Ed Sep. 15, 2017 11:11 am2940d ago
IOWA CITY – Life could exist on Saturn’s Enceladus moon, an icy ‘ocean world” hiding salt water beneath its crust. …
Higher Ed Jan. 11, 2022 9:50 am1361d ago
An atypical gift to Iowa State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will generate $52 million more than expected …