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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 Sep. 10, 2021 9:03 pm1482d ago
Among 20 pages of policy changes the Board of Regents will consider next week is one explicitly giving the board president power to remove someone from a meeting if that person “engages in behavior that materially interferes with the board’s ability to conduct the meeting.”
Higher Ed Sep. 9, 2021 4:14 pm1483d ago
Total enrollment across all three of Iowa’s public universities dropped again this fall, according to new numbers made public Thursday showing a continued slide that began in fall 2017 and worsened last year when COVID-19 upended the higher education experience.
State Government Sep. 8, 2021 4:09 pm1484d ago
Speaking to Iowa’s surging need for affordable housing to help meet its growing workforce demands, Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday announced a new $100 million allocation to increase the state’s housing stock and protect Iowans’ ability to live in or near the communities in which they work.
Higher Ed Sep. 8, 2021 8:20 am1485d ago
Iowa’s Board of Regents – denied any state funding increase for its public universities in the last legislative session – is requesting a $15 million bump to its higher education appropriations for the next budget year.
Higher Ed Sep. 7, 2021 4:27 pm1485d ago
With little discussion and much praise for the project – which struggled to get the state go-ahead it needs – Iowa’s Board of Regents on Tuesday unanimously approved construction on a new $395 million University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics site in North Liberty to start as soon as later this month.
News Sep. 4, 2021 3:14 pm1488d ago
Hawkeye football being back also meant fans were grilling, playing lawn games and shopping at Melrose Avenue vendors.
Higher Ed Sep. 8, 2021 9:19 am1485d ago
After 46 years of coffee service from men and women with disabilities – starting with Bill Sackter in 1975 – the University of Iowa’s “Will Bill’s Coffee Shop” has brewed its final cup.
Higher Ed Sep. 7, 2021 10:32 am1486d ago
The Board of Regents has called a special meeting for next week to consider giving the go-ahead to start construction.
Higher Ed Sep. 3, 2021 7:20 pm1489d ago
Search warrant details steps taken by Iowa City police to investigate allegations in 2020
Iowa Football Sep. 3, 2021 2:39 pm1489d ago
With the University of Iowa about to make good on its promise to resume in-person Hawkeye football this fall, campus administrators Thursday issued messages promoting COVID precautions and general good fan behavior heading into the weekend.
Higher Ed Sep. 2, 2021 12:39 pm1491d ago
Protesters demanding University of Iowa administrators kick the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity off campus took to the streets again Wednesday night – this time avoiding vandalism and sticking to chants, marching, and signs carrying the message they won’t stand for sexual violence.
Higher Ed Sep. 1, 2021 4:40 pm1491d ago
The group claimed in social media promotions that two members of Phi Gamma Delta are “getting away with sexual assault.”
Health Care and Medicine Nov. 26, 2022 10:12 am1041d ago
A new $230 million University of Iowa Health Care facility will be built in North Liberty after a state council Tuesday reversed a prior decision, approving the project to proceed.
Higher Ed Aug. 31, 2021 7:21 am1493d ago
Arguing no one disputes how University of Iowa Health Care for years paid employees overtime and for working extra shifts, the thousands of past and present workers suing UIHC’s governing Board of Regents recently asked a federal judge to decide the case without further delay via “summary judgment.”
Higher Ed Aug. 30, 2021 6:00 am1494d ago
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics’ second try to get a state certificate it needs to build a new $230 million facility off Interstate 380 is getting a second round of pushback just as the five-member State Health Facilities Council prepares to reconsider the project this week.