116 3rd St SE
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
Higher Ed Nov. 30, 2017 8:11 pm2937d ago
IOWA CITY – One sorority and one fraternity out of 26 eligible University of Iowa Greek chapters have asked to …
News Nov. 30, 2017 8:47 pm2937d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa, in response to deep cuts in state aid, is dropping a popular summer-school …
Higher Ed Nov. 29, 2017 7:27 pm2938d ago
IOWA CITY – Higher education-related provisions in the House version of a federal tax reform bill have incited student protests …
Higher Ed Nov. 28, 2017 5:14 pm2939d ago
In scouring the country for its next Iowa State University president – who ended up being on the very campus …
Higher Ed Nov. 28, 2017 3:51 pm2939d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday assured Iowa’s public universities that the state still wants to partner with them in preparing …
News Nov. 27, 2017 2:14 pm2940d ago
Iowa State University has landed $1.1 million in federal support to continue a program to help first-generation and underrepresented students …
Higher Ed Nov. 25, 2017 3:26 pm2942d ago
IOWA CITY – Seven months after the death of a popular University of Iowa freshman at a fraternity formal led …
Living Nov. 25, 2017 3:00 pm2942d ago
So-called clean-eating tips and suggestions for diet cleanses are everywhere these days, but at what cost? Ruth Litchfield, an Iowa …
News Nov. 23, 2017 1:40 pm2944d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Two decades ago, Thanksgiving looked a lot different for Bob Molsberry. The lifelong athlete, at age 43, …
Higher Ed Nov. 27, 2017 12:31 pm2940d ago
DES MOINES – A U.S. District Court judge is allowing a lawsuit alleging more Title IX violations against Iowa State …
News Nov. 22, 2017 2:44 pm2945d ago
After several judges already sided with former Iowa State University students who accused administrators of violating their free-speech rights by …
Higher Ed Nov. 20, 2017 3:50 pm2947d ago
With two top administrators on their way out the door, Iowa State University on Monday announced an associate vice president …
Higher Ed Nov. 20, 2017 4:39 pm2947d ago
IOWA CITY – After reporting plans to delay a search for a new College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean …
Higher Ed Nov. 20, 2017 1:08 pm2947d ago
AMES — She has stood in a field after dark, wearing night vision goggles and counting grasshoppers on soybean stems. …
Sports Nov. 18, 2017 6:00 am2949d ago
IOWA CITY – Among all the saxophone players in the 260-person University of Iowa Hawkeye Marching Band, Melissa Myers assumed …

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