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
Education Nov. 17, 2014 9:16 pm3974d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – In these hypercompetitive times in higher education in Iowa, with both public and private schools clamoring for …
News Nov. 14, 2014 5:59 pm3977d ago
IOWA CITY – Deloitte Consulting has been advising the Board of Regents on making improvements to the public universities’ efficiency …
News Nov. 14, 2014 12:00 am3978d ago
IOWA CITY – Crammed into the third floor and basement of the University of Iowa’s Biology Building East are 3,000-some …
News Nov. 12, 2014 8:00 pm3979d ago
IOWA CITY – In the University of Iowa’s efforts to update its smoking policy, administrators are having conversations across campus …
News Nov. 12, 2014 5:35 pm3979d ago
IOWA CITY – Three months after unanimously agreeing to work with Deloitte Consulting on implementation of its suggestions for improving …
News Nov. 11, 2014 6:22 pm3980d ago
IOWA CITY – Net neutrality garnered national attention this week after President Barack Obama called on the Federal Communications Commission …
Education Nov. 11, 2014 12:21 pm3981d ago
IOWA CITY – The union representing thousands of employees at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, including its nurses, …
News Nov. 10, 2014 5:23 pm3981d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa’s longtime director of public safety is retiring. After 20 years at the helm …
News Nov. 8, 2014 10:22 am3984d ago
IOWA CITY – When a rare Oort Cloud comet last month passed closer to Mars than any previously known flyby, …
News Nov. 8, 2014 10:24 am3984d ago
IOWA CITY – Throughout his long and accomplished career, G. Edgar Folk contemplated retirement. ‘I had plenty of chances to …
News Nov. 6, 2014 4:43 pm3985d ago
IOWA CITY – When Steven Hensley graduates from the University of Iowa in May with a degree in business analytics …
News Nov. 5, 2014 5:30 pm3986d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Lawmakers have not yet had their say on a plan to alter how the Board of Regents …
Campaigns & Elections Nov. 5, 2014 12:52 am3987d ago
DES MOINES – In a fiercely-contested battle for Iowa’s vacated Secretary of State post, Republican Paul Pate appeared to edge …
Education Nov. 4, 2014 4:02 pm3987d ago
IOWA CITY – Many University of Iowa faculty members don’t support changes the Board of Regents approved earlier this year …
Education Nov. 3, 2014 5:56 pm3988d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa graduate student union is asking for higher pay, full tuition scholarships, and fee …