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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 Jul. 14, 2014 12:37 am4101d ago
In hopes of attracting, enrolling, educating and graduating more Iowa students, the University of Iowa today launched an initial $765,000 …
Education Jul. 11, 2014 1:00 am4104d ago
Just days after Gov. Terry Branstad voiced support for a new Board of Regents funding model that ties more money …
News Jul. 9, 2014 7:57 pm4105d ago
The more than 15,000 students expected to take classes at Kirkwood Community College this fall will have to pay their …
News Jul. 9, 2014 8:42 pm4105d ago
Herky the Hawkeye, his Tiger Hawk logo, and many other couriers of the University of Iowa brand will be appearing …
News Jul. 8, 2014 9:56 pm4106d ago
IOWA CITY – University of Iowa officials say the barriers erected outside nearby Mayflower Residence Hall have ‘been engaged” and …
News Jul. 8, 2014 8:00 am4107d ago
Mosquito activity across Iowa has been quiet so far this year, with average populations measuring about half as big as …
Weather Jul. 6, 2014 9:10 am4109d ago
IOWA CITY – With the Iowa River in Iowa City breaching its banks and encroaching on nearby buildings, paths, and …
Education Jul. 6, 2014 1:00 am4109d ago
Of the 12 schools she applied to, Sydney Alexander received admission offers to eight. The Birmingham, Mich., teen then narrowed …
Crime & Courts Jul. 3, 2014 4:42 pm4112d ago
A former University of Iowa student seriously injured in a 2012 fall from the campus climbing wall has filed a …
Education Jul. 1, 2014 5:57 pm4114d ago
As part of a national free speech litigation project, two Iowa State students on Tuesday filed a lawsuit accusing university …
News Jun. 30, 2014 9:00 pm4114d ago
A task force charged with studying the historic but troubled annual VEISHEA celebration at Iowa State University has asked for …
News Jun. 28, 2014 5:00 am4117d ago
The number of traditional college-age Iowans – and the number of high school seniors in Iowa – has declined in …
News Jun. 27, 2014 3:56 pm4118d ago
The University of Iowa has named its new associate provost for undergraduate education and dean of the University College – …
News Jun. 25, 2014 7:11 pm4119d ago
Before the Board of Regents this month approved a new way of allocating state funds to its public universities that …
News Jun. 25, 2014 5:00 am4120d ago
Twenty-five years ago, as a law student at the University of Iowa, Stephen Baird began studying trademark law. His research …