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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 May. 14, 2014 9:00 pm4161d ago
The University of Iowa needs to do a better job of recruiting in-state students and welcoming prospective families to campus, …
May. 14, 2014 5:00 pm4162d ago
Before this school year, University of Iowa junior Liz Dankle only visited the main library during finals week – when …
News May. 13, 2014 1:00 am4163d ago
The University of Iowa on Monday was officially introduced as host to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ first-of-its-kind pilot program …
News May. 9, 2014 6:46 pm4167d ago
Iowans can breathe easy, for the most part, based on new research out of the University of Iowa showing the …
Crime & Courts May. 8, 2014 4:23 pm4168d ago
When this year’s expected pack of 33 racers lines up for the 98th running of the Indianapolis 500 on May …
Education Jan. 22, 2023 10:54 am987d ago
Everyone living near University of Iowa freshman Jen Colburn in Burge Hall this year cared about being healthy — eating …
Education May. 7, 2014 6:16 pm4169d ago
In pursuit of its goal to become more sustainable, in part, by producing its own biomass fuel, the University of …
Crime & Courts May. 6, 2014 4:32 pm4170d ago
A former University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics employee who sold tens of thousands of dollars in hospital-owned equipment for …
Education May. 6, 2014 10:28 am4170d ago
A proposed new and ‘improved” way of distributing state dollars to Iowa’s three public universities would reduce the University of …
Education May. 5, 2014 1:03 pm4171d ago
A majority of full professors in the United States are white men, and scholars for years have suggested that bias …
News May. 3, 2014 1:00 pm4173d ago
Iowa’s recent passage of a $986 million budget comprise that includes a 4 percent boost in funding to each of …
News May. 2, 2014 1:00 am4174d ago
IOWA CITY – As a rural farm boy attending the University of Iowa on the G.I. Bill in the 1940s, …
News May. 1, 2014 8:08 pm4175d ago
Iowa is among only a dozen states that did not increase tuition in the last year at its public universities …
Education Apr. 29, 2014 1:43 pm4177d ago
Some patients with a suspected genetic disorder will go on what medical professionals call a ‘diagnostic odyssey’ to find the …
News Apr. 29, 2014 1:48 pm4177d ago
If enough universities fail to take action, predicts University of Iowa mathematics professor Philip Kutzko, ‘We are going to lose …