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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 Nov. 18, 2020 6:34 pm1779d ago
IOWA CITY – After couching this fall’s coronavirus-compelled tuition freeze with the caveat that rates could go up in the …
Health Care and Medicine Nov. 18, 2020 7:40 pm1779d ago
IOWA CITY – Despite reaching a new high of treating 100 COVID-19 patients and revealing plans to next week launch …
Education Nov. 17, 2020 6:13 pm1780d ago
Iowa State University is not going to amend its Student Code of Conduct or discipline its College Republicans, despite demands …
Education Nov. 16, 2020 7:20 pm1781d ago
Given a surge in COVID-19 cases in the community around it, and a corresponding uptick on campus, Mount Vernon’s Cornell …
Education Nov. 17, 2020 10:50 am1780d ago
Iowa State University on Monday reported another batch of new campus COVID-19 cases topping 300 for the second week in …
Education Nov. 16, 2020 6:30 am1781d ago
As a senior at Hoover High School last spring in Des Moines, Annika Baker was supposed to play the lead …
Education Nov. 16, 2020 10:21 am1781d ago
Iowa’s public universities made the monumental shift last spring to predominantly virtual and hybrid learning impressively, but Board of Regents …
Education Nov. 13, 2020 8:32 pm1784d ago
Iowa State University administrators continue to face pressure both to act and not to act after a ‘College Republicans” student …
Education Nov. 12, 2020 10:30 pm1784d ago
IOWA CITY – University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld said Thursday he will urge a return to the five-year planned …
Education Nov. 12, 2020 8:11 pm1785d ago
A spike of 366 new COVID-19 cases in the past week has prompted Iowa State University to enact new restrictions …
Education Nov. 10, 2020 4:35 pm1787d ago
IOWA CITY – As the University of Iowa forges ahead with its search for a new president amid a pandemic …
Education Nov. 10, 2020 7:15 pm1787d ago
By allowing professors to take paid annual leaves of absence for research, scholarship or other professional activities, Iowa’s public universities …
Health Care and Medicine Nov. 9, 2020 8:43 pm1788d ago
IOWA CITY – Following Monday’s news that a Pfizer coronavirus vaccine under development has proved – upon an early analysis …
Education Nov. 9, 2020 2:07 pm1788d ago
In step with the state’s skyrocketing COVID-19 case numbers, Iowa State University – just two weeks from the end of …
Education Nov. 6, 2020 5:03 pm1791d ago
IOWA CITY – COVID-19 has altered many aspects of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics operations – including employee safety …