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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
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 Aug. 10, 2020 8:51 pm1956d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa freshman who froze to death during a polar vortex in early 2019 was …
Education Aug. 11, 2020 10:39 am1956d ago
Despite protests, undergraduate and graduate student government letters, public petitions, and faculty and staff calls for the University of Iowa …
Education Aug. 10, 2020 10:30 am1957d ago
IOWA CITY – At the end of last year, when University of Iowa senior Matt Fuelberth applied to be a …
Education Aug. 7, 2020 7:25 pm1959d ago
Of the more than 3,000 students Iowa State University has tested for COVID-19 in its first week of residence hall …
Education Aug. 7, 2020 3:00 pm1960d ago
IOWA CITY – Despite the oft-cited sentiment driving a fall return to campus that students are pining for the traditional …
Education Aug. 7, 2020 9:00 am1960d ago
IOWA CITY – For the searches that netted the University of Iowa’s recently departed diversity head, provost and College of …
Education Aug. 6, 2020 8:46 pm1960d ago
IOWA CITY – Having gone a year without a permanent leader atop its Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the …
Education Aug. 5, 2020 6:19 pm1961d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa’s largest college has rehired five of 15 lecturers it cut earlier this summer …
News Aug. 5, 2020 2:05 pm1962d ago
IOWA CITY – On the April morning Gov. Kim Reynolds unveiled a $26 million Test Iowa Initiative she envisioned running …
Health Care and Medicine Aug. 4, 2020 6:39 pm1962d ago
IOWA CITY – A Johnson County supervisor Tuesday – in discussing University of Iowa teacher demands the campus pivot immediately …
Education Aug. 4, 2020 10:58 am1963d ago
IOWA CITY – Scores of University of Iowa instructors and professors are demanding their campus shift away from its plan …
News Aug. 4, 2020 7:00 am1963d ago
AMES – What should have been a familiar and festive August scene of students unloading belongings into dorm rooms and …
Education Aug. 3, 2020 9:00 am1964d ago
Lecture hall seats have been blocked off with tape. Plexiglass barriers are up. Tables have been moved or, in some …
Education Aug. 3, 2020 8:30 am1964d ago
Long-held notions of Greek life on campus – house parties and activities, chapter tours and games and events celebrating new …
News Aug. 3, 2020 1:12 am1964d ago
IOWA CITY – The vast majority of recently surveyed University of Iowa students say they’re likely to wear masks in …

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