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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
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Nov. 1, 2021 4:52 pm1509d ago
The state on Monday agreed to pay from its general fund nearly $400,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by University of Iowa female athletes contending Title IX violations in the UI’s announced plans last year to cut women’s swimming and diving as part of its COVID-19 response.
Higher Ed Nov. 1, 2021 5:18 pm1509d ago
The ongoing enrollment losses Iowa’s public universities are experiencing mirror trends shaping the higher education landscape nationally – with the Board of Regent campuses since fall 2019 losing 7 percent of their total enrollment, compared with a 6.5 percent two-year drop at the national level.
Higher Ed Oct. 29, 2021 7:31 am1512d ago
University of Iowa Health Care is planning a $300 million bond sale to help finance its new $395 million hospital in North Liberty — but not until January, prompting the Board of Regents next week to consider action that would make proceeds from the debt sale retroactive.
Higher Ed Oct. 28, 2021 4:50 pm1513d ago
The University of Iowa has identified 77 more damaged or at-risk windows in its Stead Family Children’s Hospital that need an emergency “safety film” — costing another $771,516.
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Oct. 28, 2021 10:50 am1513d ago
After much speculation on how COVID-19 would affect Iowa’s high-profile university athletic programs in the 2021 budget year — with deficit projections p
Higher Ed Oct. 26, 2021 6:53 pm1515d ago
The University of Iowa is seeking permission to build a new $7 million to $9 million women’s gymnastics and spirit squad training center.
Higher Ed Oct. 26, 2021 5:47 pm1515d ago
A report of sexual assault at the University of Iowa-based Phi Gamma Delta fraternity that spawned widespread protests across campus earlier this fall now is at the center of a lawsuit seeking enough money to “satisfactorily punish defendants and provide future deterrence to others.”
Higher Ed Oct. 26, 2021 11:03 am1515d ago
Iowa’s top research universities have continued their slide in the U.S. News & World Report’s new 2022 “Best Global Universities” ranking — a slope running parallel to international enrollment losses across Iowa and the nation.
Higher Ed Oct. 25, 2021 2:36 pm1516d ago
The University of Iowa’s dining operation this fall is about 900 workers shy of being fully staffed — putting it at only 42 percent of its goal.
Crime & Courts Oct. 22, 2021 4:02 pm1519d ago
Officers investigating a Sunday night shooting in south Iowa City that has a 20-year-old Marine fighting for his life have identified a person they suspect to be “responsible for the driver’s injury” and believe the shooting was “unintentional.”
Higher Ed Oct. 21, 2021 10:07 am1520d ago
The Army wanted a better measure of “soldier physical readiness.” Now it has it, thanks — in part — to the University of Iowa.
Higher Ed Oct. 19, 2021 5:51 pm1522d ago
A Johnson County surgical group is posturing to sue member surgeons associated with Steindler Orthopedic Clinic, accusing them of violating a no-compete agreement by seeking state permission to build a new Steindler North Liberty Ambulatory Surgery Center.
Higher Ed Oct. 15, 2021 4:43 pm1526d ago
The state’s consideration of
Iowa Football Oct. 15, 2021 12:05 pm1526d ago
He’s played for four NFL teams, been a Hollywood stunt double for Will Smith, and bungee-jumped out of a helicopter over the Grand Canyon, but some of Quinn Early’s fondest memories involve Iowa City and playing for the Hawkeyes.
Higher Ed Oct. 14, 2021 5:24 pm1527d ago
University of Iowa Health Care made fast work of the recent approval to build a new hospital campus in North Liberty — moving dirt Thursday on the $395 million project.

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