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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 Mar. 29, 2021 10:38 am1648d ago
Instead of debating bills to strip tenure from public universities or make campus employees report their political affiliation, Iowa lawmakers …
Education Mar. 26, 2021 7:58 pm1650d ago
IOWA CITY – University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld will forfeit more than $2 million by retiring before his contract …
Education Mar. 26, 2021 9:36 pm1650d ago
IOWA CITY – A University of Iowa presidential search committee narrowed its prospect pool of 79 applicants down to 12 …
Education Mar. 25, 2021 8:45 pm1651d ago
IOWA CITY – University of Iowa Graduate College Dean John Keller was named Thursday as the interim president of the …
Education Mar. 25, 2021 9:57 pm1651d ago
IOWA CITY – A troubled University of Iowa fraternity that’s been on some form of probation or sanction since 2017 …
Government & Politics Mar. 23, 2021 10:54 pm1653d ago
Despite concerns from some lawmakers and lobbyists, a bill to ban certain types of diversity training not just in public …
Education Mar. 22, 2021 8:24 pm1654d ago
IOWA CITY – University of Iowa administrators should have known better when they ‘discriminated against religious student groups” several years …
News Mar. 22, 2021 10:00 am1655d ago
IOWA CITY – All three of Iowa’s public universities are taking advantage of their expansive football stadiums to resume more …
Education Mar. 15, 2021 8:00 am1662d ago
Promising to formalize a process for systematically reviewing and addressing questions over its campus’ historically named properties, Iowa State University …
Education Mar. 13, 2021 7:00 am1664d ago
Back in the early 2000s, in an unassuming lab at the heart of the University of Iowa Health Care campus, …
Education Mar. 12, 2021 2:17 pm1665d ago
IOWA CITY – Without conducting a formal search – despite earlier suggestions it would – the University of Iowa on …
Education Mar. 11, 2021 6:28 pm1665d ago
One year and one week after the state Board of Regents halted university-sponsored international travel last March in light of …
Education Mar. 11, 2021 7:49 pm1665d ago
Assuming COVID-19 vaccine will be ‘widely available” this summer, Mount Mercy University this week unveiled plans for ‘fully in-person operations” …
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 10, 2021 5:37 pm1667d ago
IOWA CITY – Black Iowans are getting and dying from cancer at higher rates than any other racial or ethnic …
Crime & Courts Mar. 10, 2021 9:34 am1667d ago
IOWA CITY – University of Iowa police are investigating a pair of sexual assaults that occurred over the weekend ‘during …