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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
Health Care and Medicine Dec. 7, 2020 6:15 am1760d ago
IOWA CITY – No one should die alone. So Nick Klein stayed. For hours by the bed of one of …
Education Dec. 6, 2020 1:13 pm1761d ago
IOWA CITY – Former University of Iowa Provost Montse Fuentes – who unexpectedly stepped down in July after just one …
Education Dec. 4, 2020 10:21 pm1762d ago
IOWA CITY – The committee searching for the next president of the University of Iowa said Friday it hopes to …
Health Care and Medicine Dec. 1, 2020 5:57 pm1766d ago
IOWA CITY – After COVID-19 admissions at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics soared into the 90s earlier this …
Education Dec. 1, 2020 4:08 pm1766d ago
IOWA CITY – Despite an appeal from a recently-suspended University of Iowa fraternity accused of high-risk hazing involving alcohol abuse …
Education Nov. 30, 2020 7:22 pm1767d ago
Thousands of students remain in residence halls across Iowa’s three public universities even though Iowa State University and the University …
Education Nov. 30, 2020 10:30 am1767d ago
Dozens of monuments and memorials honoring Confederate generals and the like have come down in this year of racial reckoning, …
Education Nov. 30, 2020 12:00 pm1767d ago
Plowing through upper-level courses as a University of Iowa senior focused on her retail marketing major, Bella Volfson last spring …
Education Nov. 25, 2020 5:00 pm1772d ago
IOWA CITY – As this pandemic-plagued semester wraps, a handful of University of Iowa fraternities and sororities are completing sanctions …
Health Care and Medicine Nov. 25, 2020 11:48 am1772d ago
IOWA CITY — With Iowa’s COVID-19 hospitalizations up again Tuesday — and its ventilated patients jumping by 20 overnight, setting …
Education Dec. 14, 2021 9:32 am1388d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa has suspended – effectively deregistering – its Acacia Fraternity for high-risk hazing and …
Education Nov. 23, 2020 3:29 pm1774d ago
As Iowa State University and University of Northern Iowa begin their earliest fall finals week in recent history – if …
Education Nov. 23, 2020 11:38 am1774d ago
IOWA CITY – A branch on a family tree of feminists, albeit unassuming ones, University of Iowa professor emeritus Linda …
Education Nov. 20, 2020 9:22 pm1777d ago
IOWA CITY – With First Amendment issues churning at Iowa’s public universities – including controversial coursework, spurned student groups and …
Education Nov. 20, 2020 1:48 pm1777d ago
IOWA CITY – After considering six finalists in two waves over the last year to become the new dean of …