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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 Sep. 27, 2016 1:24 pm3369d 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 pm3370d 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 pm3370d 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 pm3372d 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 pm3373d 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 pm3373d 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 pm3374d 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 pm3375d 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 pm3376d ago
IOWA CITY – Iowa’s recently retired U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, who in 1988 introduced the Americans with Disabilities Act into …
News Sep. 20, 2016 3:47 pm3376d ago
After investigating conflict of interest concerns involving the former director of Iowa State University’s Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation, …
Higher Ed Sep. 19, 2016 6:05 pm3377d ago
IOWA CITY – Of the more than 600 people who visited the University of Iowa’s Office of the Ombudsperson in …
News Sep. 19, 2016 8:00 am3377d ago
Universities across the country are testing new models for educating students, and the University of Iowa is getting in on the experiment. One UI class is trying a new class model -- organizing the course around evening meals, with the idea that the best discussions happen when we break bread together.
Higher Ed Sep. 17, 2016 7:30 am3379d ago
For the first time since their founding – which for Loras College dates back to 1839 – Iowa’s six private …
Higher Ed Sep. 16, 2016 7:27 pm3380d ago
More than a year after the Board of Regents announced his hiring, J. Bruce Harreld on Friday officially was installed …
Higher Ed Sep. 15, 2016 6:51 pm3381d ago
IOWA CITY – Today’s scientists are discovering extrasolar planets at such a ‘phenomenal rate” that one University of Iowa alumnus …

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