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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 Mar. 10, 2018 3:21 pm2837d ago
Amid growing demand for nurses nationwide – particularly those with more education – Iowa State University over the summer pitched …
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 6, 2018 4:56 pm2841d ago
IOWA CITY – Obesity causes cancer – just like smoking causes cancer, and ultraviolet radiation causes cancer. ‘I think the …
Education Mar. 2, 2018 4:58 pm2845d ago
With the Board of Regents planning to raise tuition rates in light of dwindling state support and mounting campus demands, …
Education Mar. 1, 2018 5:03 pm2846d ago
IOWA CITY – One year after former University of Iowa Provost Barry Butler left to for the presidency at Embry-Riddle …
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 2, 2018 2:27 pm2845d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa’s $1.4 billion health care enterprise has notified the three health systems that comprise …
Education Jan. 6, 2022 11:39 am1439d ago
A contentious bill its sponsor says aims to protect ‘ideas with which you radically disagree or even detest’ on the …
Iowa Football Dec. 19, 2022 12:39 pm1092d ago
Separate from an $89.9 million initiative to replace Kinnick Stadium’s north end zone with new seating, concourses, and a premium …
Education Feb. 27, 2018 6:38 pm2848d ago
Several Cornell College students are accusing student senators of having a liberal bias after the campus leaders rejected a request …
Education Feb. 26, 2018 4:57 pm2849d ago
IOWA CITY – Although Iowa lawmakers one year ago took swift action to disempower unions, the University of Iowa’s growing …
Education Feb. 14, 2023 10:20 am1035d ago
IOWA CITY — A troublesome discovery in October 2016 led University of Iowa administrators to reach out to the campus …
Education Feb. 22, 2018 4:05 pm2853d ago
AMES — Several representatives from Iowa’s meat and livestock industry on Thursday lined up with complaints for Iowa’s Board of …
Education Feb. 22, 2018 2:16 pm2853d ago
AMES – Iowa’s Board of Regents, without discussion Thursday, formally stripped the name of casino mogul Steve Wynn from the …
Education Feb. 22, 2018 1:47 pm2853d ago
AMES – In addition to committing to tuition increases for resident undergraduates under 4 percent for this fall – scaling …
Health Care and Medicine Feb. 21, 2018 7:12 pm2854d ago
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics – which is navigating changes in its leadership, integrating new facilities, and facing …
Education Feb. 21, 2018 6:20 pm2854d ago
Ninety years after the Sisters of Mercy founded a two-year college for women in their Cedar Rapids community, Mount Mercy …

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