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
News Sep. 30, 2016 6:33 pm3290d ago
IOWA CITY — After leading the $1.9 billion University of Iowa Health Care enterprise through a decade of historic prosperity …
Higher Ed Sep. 29, 2016 11:35 pm3291d ago
After several hurdles and hiccups including a massive flood, tight budgets and state funding cuts, construction on the University of …
News Sep. 29, 2016 2:22 pm3292d ago
IOWA CITY – University of Iowa employees next week will be invited to participate in a survey about working conditions …
Weather Sep. 28, 2016 8:24 pm3292d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — When the city announced early Saturday that residents and business owners inside the flood evacuation zone were …
News Sep. 28, 2016 6:23 pm3292d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa for the first time this semester is notifying the campus about a reported …
News Sep. 27, 2016 4:39 pm3294d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Sandbagging has stopped but that doesn’t mean volunteers no longer are needed. Once the Cedar River recedes, …
News Sep. 27, 2016 1:24 pm3294d ago
Iowa State University President Steven Leath on Monday made a $15,000 donation to the ISU Foundation after news emerged he …
News Sep. 26, 2016 6:05 pm3294d ago
Behind all the sandbagging, road closures, and evacuations instituted in preparation for this month’s flood is data – hard numbers …
News Sep. 26, 2016 3:57 pm3295d ago
After disclosing last week that he occasionally pilots one of his institution’s airplanes and last year caused $12,000 in damage, …
News Sep. 24, 2016 3:50 pm3297d ago
Stay away. If you can, stay away. That was the message Saturday from the City of Cedar Rapids as emergency …
Higher Ed Sep. 23, 2016 7:09 pm3297d ago
AMES – Iowa State University President Steven Leath is a licensed pilot certified to fly one of the two ISU-owned …
Weather Sep. 23, 2016 7:05 pm3297d ago
IOWA CITY – Even as rains bloated the Cedar River on June 9, 2008, Cedar Rapids didn’t expect the 500-year …
Higher Ed Sep. 22, 2016 9:14 pm3298d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa’s newly appointed chief human resources officer – who will lead a reorganization recommended …
News Sep. 21, 2016 7:00 pm3299d ago
IOWA CITY — Even though fewer than 3,000 of a potential 28,787 University of Iowa students completed a survey gauging …
Government & Politics Sep. 20, 2016 8:22 pm3300d ago
IOWA CITY – Iowa’s recently retired U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, who in 1988 introduced the Americans with Disabilities Act into …