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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
Higher Ed Jan. 18, 2017 3:56 pm3180d ago
IOWA CITY – If the current pace of University of Iowa applications, admissions and acceptances for next fall continues, the …
News Jan. 17, 2017 7:25 pm3181d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Over the past 14 years, Mick Starcevich has overseen Kirkwood Community College’s building of a huge wind …
News Jan. 17, 2017 10:47 am3182d ago
IOWA CITY – After saying it would not vote publicly to change a new 2017 meeting schedule approved last summer, …
Government & Politics Jan. 16, 2017 7:46 pm3182d ago
As creative writing instructor Marianne Taylor read words from Allen Ginsberg’s ‘America’ on stage Sunday at Coe College, on the …
Higher Ed Jan. 14, 2017 4:00 pm3184d ago
IOWA CITY – Peering into a plastic model of a giant ear drum, a group of Iowa City kindergartners earlier …
Government & Politics Jan. 13, 2017 8:06 pm3185d ago
The anticipated start-up costs for a new ‘election integrity” proposal in Iowa are under the $1 million initially projected, Secretary …
Higher Ed Jan. 12, 2017 5:56 pm3186d ago
IOWA CITY – University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld has directed those in charge of each of his campus’ budget …
News Jan. 12, 2017 6:15 pm3186d ago
If a bill introduced this week intending to make it easier for the state’s public universities to fire professors by …
Higher Ed Jan. 11, 2017 4:37 pm3187d ago
After confirming earlier this month that it will not follow the 2017 meeting schedule it approved last summer, Board of …
News Jan. 11, 2017 6:17 pm3187d ago
Iowa State University announced Wednesday a first-of-its-kind gift to the campus worth about $93 million – making it among the …
Higher Ed Jan. 10, 2017 5:24 pm3188d ago
Of the areas Gov. Terry Branstad wants to reduce in the current budget year to make up for lower-than-projected tax …
Higher Ed Jan. 9, 2017 6:58 pm3189d ago
A Republican lawmaker spent Monday revising language in his widely-publicized ‘Suck it Up, Buttercup” bill to create stiffer penalties for …
Higher Ed Jan. 5, 2017 5:17 pm3193d ago
Iowa State University has chosen its next dean of students and associate vice president – a Baptist pastor in Virginia …
News Jan. 5, 2017 2:02 pm3193d ago
IOWA CITY — At 10 a.m. Thursday, Ann Byrne was tired. The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics staff nurse had …
Higher Ed Jan. 4, 2017 5:51 pm3194d ago
A survey seeking feedback on three finalists for the University of Northern Iowa’s next president found widespread support for Interim …