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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
Government & Politics Mar. 8, 2021 7:09 pm1668d ago
DES MOINES – After heated debate that stretched beyond the bill at hand to issues of tenure, incidents of censorship, …
Education Mar. 8, 2021 3:02 pm1669d ago
Similar to an announcement from the University of Iowa last month promising a more traditional on-campus experience next fall, the …
News Mar. 8, 2021 10:01 am1669d ago
IOWA CITY – The search for a 22nd University of Iowa president has seemed mostly quiet for months while consultants, …
Education Mar. 8, 2021 11:12 am1669d ago
The same day the Iowa Legislature kept alive proposals to end faculty tenure across its public universities, nearly 30 national …
Education May. 6, 2022 12:52 pm1245d ago
IOWA CITY – Another public-private partnership is materializing at the University of Iowa – which last year tasked a private …
Education Jan. 17, 2022 10:52 am1354d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa this semester has investigated, or is continuing to investigate, more allegations of hazing …
Education Mar. 4, 2021 9:46 pm1672d ago
IOWA CITY – In hopes of easing toward retirement, the University of Iowa’s long-serving Graduate College Dean and Associate Provost …
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 3, 2021 7:45 pm1673d ago
IOWA CITY – Early in the pandemic last spring, University of Iowa Health Care undertook the monumental task of moving …
Government & Politics Mar. 2, 2021 9:29 pm1674d ago
Despite concerns from a Democratic lawmaker over vague language, a free speech bill requiring Iowa’s Board of Regents to implement …
Education Mar. 3, 2021 9:38 am1674d ago
Disgruntled Republican lawmakers – who last month pummeled the University of Iowa College of Dentistry with questions about its treatment …
Government & Politics Mar. 1, 2021 9:58 pm1675d ago
Although several lawmakers and lobbyists last week praised an Iowa House version of a public education free speech bill that …
Education Mar. 1, 2021 5:48 pm1676d ago
IOWA CITY – Just days after a Republican lawmaker introduced a bill that would force Iowa’s public universities to hold …
Education Feb. 26, 2021 5:38 pm1679d ago
Although the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa already announced their upcoming commencement ceremonies will be virtual …
Government & Politics Feb. 25, 2021 8:37 pm1679d ago
A House committee Thursday advanced an altered version of a Senate free speech bill aimed at enshrining into law new …
Education Feb. 25, 2021 8:47 pm1679d ago
IOWA CITY – After thrusting the University of Iowa’s College of Dentistry under the free speech microscope of Republican state …