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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
K-12 Education Feb. 25, 2014 4:31 pm4240d ago
The United States plans to stay competitive in a global marketplace through advancements in manufacturing innovation, and Iowa’s three public …
K-12 Education Feb. 25, 2014 12:44 pm4240d ago
One day after dozens of University of Iowa students protested President Sally Mason’s comments related to string of sexual assaults …
News Feb. 25, 2014 3:30 am4240d ago
Reports and warnings of sexual violence at the University of Iowa and in the community are up this academic year, …
News Feb. 21, 2014 3:30 am4244d ago
Little has been written, and therefore is known, about life in the Iowa City area in the mid- to late-1800s. …
K-12 Education Feb. 20, 2014 6:10 pm4245d ago
As a Russian national who grew up in Moscow both before and after the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, …
News Feb. 17, 2014 5:35 pm4248d ago
Cornell College in Mount Vernon calls itself a “residential college,” and leaders there are taking steps to make sure its …
News Feb. 15, 2014 3:30 am4250d ago
It was in fall 2011, as an exchange student at the University of Central Arkansas, that Lu Shen decided she …
News Feb. 13, 2014 6:15 pm4252d ago
In a winter for the record books that has plagued the Midwest with persistent subzero temperatures and walloped the Southeast …
News Feb. 12, 2014 3:30 am4253d ago
On any given evening, in a quiet Cedar Rapids neighborhood among residential homes and apartment buildings, hundreds of Mount Mercy …
K-12 Education Feb. 11, 2014 5:23 pm4254d ago
At an initial cost of $2.5 million, the Iowa Board of Regents on Tuesday agreed to hire the global consulting …
Nation and World Feb. 10, 2014 5:30 pm4255d ago
As Pittsburgh police continue to aggressively pursue any leads in the Friday slaying of two sisters, the victims’ Iowa-based family …
News Feb. 10, 2014 5:00 pm4255d ago
One of the doctors who treated a six-day-old baby after authorities found it wrapped in blankets in a plastic crate …
K-12 Education Feb. 6, 2014 3:10 pm4259d ago
Iowa State University on Thursday received approval to move forward with plans to improve Jack Trice Stadium by renovating the …
K-12 Education Feb. 6, 2014 12:53 pm4259d ago
The University of Iowa’s $7.5 million multi-year Iowa Memorial Union flood mitigation and recovery project is on hold after crews …
News Feb. 5, 2014 5:00 pm4260d ago
A campaign that began last year to give Mount Mercy University its first-ever “home field advantage” took a significant step …