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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
Community May. 21, 2019 6:10 pm2402d ago
Entering his teen years in the 1990s in Cedar Rapids, Jordan Dorrington remembers the video arcade scene being nearly nonexistent. …
Education May. 17, 2019 7:16 pm2406d ago
IOWA CITY – In light of soaring price hikes for scholarly journal, database, and e-book access – along with tightening …
Education May. 17, 2019 5:28 pm2406d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa this week reluctantly paid the balance of a $21.5 million award it owed …
Education May. 15, 2019 9:05 pm2408d ago
IOWA CITY – Ending a long saga that involved numerous judges and legal appeals, an accusation of extortion and concerns …
Education May. 15, 2019 11:52 am2409d ago
IOWA CITY – A Johnson County judge Tuesday confirmed a hold on a request to seize University of Iowa assets …
Education May. 10, 2019 8:41 pm2413d ago
IOWA CITY – As many University of Iowa students this week crammed clothes and books into suitcases and boxes, vacating …
Education May. 8, 2019 9:15 pm2415d ago
The State of Iowa has agreed to pay a former Iowa State University employee $27,500 after she was denied transgender …
Education May. 7, 2019 9:25 pm2416d ago
IOWA CITY – Sierra Leone, Colombia, Spain, Taiwan, Cambodia. These are among the global destinations that will host a record …
Education May. 7, 2019 7:48 pm2416d ago
IOWA CITY – Barring another devastating flood, the University of Iowa expects to spend over the next five years half …
Education May. 6, 2019 4:56 pm2417d ago
The story of Jack Trice — Iowa State University’s first black student-athlete and namesake of its 61,500-capacity football stadium — …
News May. 6, 2019 6:40 pm2417d ago
Someone should have known. Someone should have asked. Matthew Sandusky – adopted son of convicted sexual predator and former Penn …
Higher Ed Aug. 17, 2021 2:05 pm1584d ago
The typical path to a college degree in Iowa increasingly is branching off, taking detours and merging with others as …
Education May. 5, 2019 8:38 pm2418d ago
Not even a week into the fall semester, Iowa State University police responded in August to a call about four …
Education May. 5, 2019 7:35 am2419d ago
IOWA CITY – Nearly two decades ago in his home state of Massachusetts, Christopher Merrill found himself in the ‘really …
Education May. 1, 2019 7:12 pm2422d ago
IOWA CITY – In considering publicly for the first time a proposal to raise the base tuition at the University …

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