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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 Jan. 28, 2021 9:35 pm1707d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa and its College of Dentistry are being squeezed by critics on both sides …
Education Jan. 27, 2021 11:46 am1709d ago
IOWA CITY – University of Iowa Health Care finally has an answer to the often asked patient question about when …
Education Jan. 26, 2021 11:42 pm1709d ago
A bill to end tenure at Iowa’s public universities advanced out of an education subcommittee Tuesday, despite pushback from Board …
Education Jan. 26, 2021 7:43 pm1710d ago
IOWA CITY – Costs across Iowa’s 15 community college are rising, while total enrollment is falling – just like at …
Education Jan. 26, 2021 9:16 am1710d ago
IOWA CITY – A University of Iowa survey released Monday exposes campus divisions – perhaps mirroring rifts nationally – with …
Education Jan. 22, 2021 3:55 pm1714d ago
University of Iowa Student Health this week started vaccinating students who care for patients in its health care settings, but …
News Jan. 22, 2021 6:30 am1714d ago
IOWA CITY – Some 70 to 80 years ago – in the days of Nile Kinnick, Tennessee Williams and Virgil …
Government & Politics Jan. 22, 2021 1:42 pm1714d ago
The state’s public universities could not spend millions of dollars in federal grants, private gifts and other sources unless state …
Education Jan. 20, 2021 6:01 pm1716d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa has been advertising its presidential vacancy officially for just one week, but executives …
Education Jan. 20, 2021 6:45 am1716d ago
IOWA CITY – Nearly a decade ago, NASA’s $1.13 billion Juno mission began what was expected to be a seven-year …
Education Jan. 19, 2021 12:16 pm1717d ago
Republican state lawmakers are pushing again to eliminate tenure at Iowa’s public universities, which already have been reporting fewer tenured …
Education Jan. 13, 2021 6:33 pm1723d ago
IOWA CITY – Since the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics’ thousands of unionized health care workers last bargained with …
Education Jan. 13, 2021 5:54 pm1723d ago
The $15 million increase in state funding for Iowa’s three public being proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds falls short of …
Education Mar. 9, 2022 2:34 pm1303d ago
Although Iowa State University’s College Republicans tweeted last week that its members were ‘fighting on the front lines in DC” …
Education Jan. 13, 2021 6:45 am1723d ago
IOWA CITY – Four months after Mount Mercy University’s short-lived president resigned after just two months on the job – …