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 Oct. 20, 2014 7:48 pm4078d ago
CORALVILLE — The intended and unintended consequences of a new proposal for funding Iowa’s public universities came under review by …
News Nov. 9, 2020 5:18 pm1866d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – So you’ve got degree from a good university. And you graduated with honors, after landing several internships …
News Oct. 18, 2014 1:00 am4080d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Southwestern College in southern California went on lockdown Thursday after someone tweeted that a vomiting student recently …
News Oct. 17, 2014 6:49 pm4081d ago
IOWA CITY – About two weeks before publicly releasing details about how new enrollment- and performance-based funding metrics could affect …
News Oct. 17, 2014 1:00 am4081d ago
IOWA CITY – The president of a local nurses union says she and some University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics …
News Oct. 15, 2014 7:08 pm4083d ago
IOWA CITY – Five years after philanthropists John and Mary Pappajohn committed $26.4 million to the creation of a massive …
News Oct. 14, 2014 6:21 pm4084d ago
IOWA CITY – The goal had been to make Iowa Public Radio financially independent by 2017, but the Board of …
News Oct. 14, 2014 4:33 pm4084d ago
IOWA CITY – After freezing tuition for undergraduate resident students at Iowa’s public universities for two straight years, the Board …
Higher Ed Oct. 13, 2014 7:55 pm4085d ago
AMES – During a public forum Monday at Iowa State University that invited the community to weigh in and ask …
News Oct. 13, 2014 1:00 am4085d ago
IOWA CITY – Families, couples, teenagers and school groups have been flooding Iowa’s orchards this fall for weekend after weekend …
Nation and World Oct. 11, 2014 1:00 am4087d ago
When a catastrophic earthquake devastated the island and people of Haiti in 2010, killing more than 100,000 people, the American …
Education Oct. 9, 2014 4:19 pm4089d ago
IOWA CITY – University of Iowa staff and faculty members on Thursday had plenty of pointed questions for consultants who …
Health Care and Medicine Oct. 9, 2014 6:00 am4089d ago
IOWA CITY — Television crews stalked a Dallas apartment last week where a man from Liberia became the first Ebola …
Education Oct. 8, 2014 11:53 pm4089d ago
IOWA CITY – Two months after deciding to continue working with Deloitte Consulting LLC on its suggestions to improve sourcing …
News Oct. 8, 2014 6:17 pm4090d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa on Wednesday issued its first campuswide warning of the school year about a …

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