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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
News Feb. 20, 2020 11:02 am2051d ago
The political spotlight that illuminates Iowa every four years is fading – after first morphing into a heat lamp interrogating …
Education Feb. 19, 2020 4:37 pm2052d ago
Doubts of the veracity of Hawkeye Marching Band allegations against Iowa State University fans were thick from the start among …
Education Feb. 19, 2020 4:27 pm2052d ago
Nearly five months after Iowa’s best-known chance fundraiser Carson King wrapped his impromptu push for donations to the University of …
Community Feb. 19, 2020 9:30 am2052d ago
IOWA CITY – Rotary International got its start 115 years ago – with its Iowa City offshoot joining the century …
Community Feb. 17, 2020 5:54 pm2054d ago
After inspiring the state and nation – and even some donors abroad – to give to the University of Iowa …
Education Feb. 17, 2020 11:40 am2054d ago
Seeking to memorialize his late father, an Illinois man gave thousands of dollars to Iowa Wesleyan University to use for …
Education Feb. 14, 2020 2:11 pm2057d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa is introducing a distinguished professor honor that will come with a $100,000 award …
Community Feb. 12, 2020 7:00 am2060d ago
IOWA CITY – On a frigid day in February five years ago, an inquisitive Sen. Bernie Sanders mingled in the …
Education Feb. 11, 2020 5:37 pm2060d ago
Eight years after taking the reins of the private Coe College in Cedar Rapids, President David McInally has announced he …
Health Care and Medicine Feb. 11, 2020 6:30 am2061d ago
IOWA CITY – Although the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has an institutional goal of discharging inpatients by 11 …
Education Feb. 10, 2020 5:49 pm2061d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa on Monday afternoon unveiled its fourth and final internal candidate to succeed former …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 8, 2020 12:58 am2064d ago
He remembers being in the back of his dad’s car – his old 2006 white Denali, the one the family …
Education Feb. 7, 2020 8:00 am2065d ago
IOWA CITY — In a small gray suit coat and white sneakers, Moise Irakiza holds still. On most weekday …
Education Feb. 6, 2020 3:09 pm2065d ago
IOWA CITY – Less than a week after short-lived University of Iowa diversity chief TaJuan Wilson officially ended his rocky …
Education Feb. 5, 2020 5:12 pm2066d ago
URBANDALE – Students from across Iowa’s three public universities on Wednesday shut down a Board of Regents by interrupting its …