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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
Education Jan. 26, 2021 11:42 pm1788d ago
A bill to end tenure at Iowa’s public universities advanced out of an education subcommittee Tuesday, despite pushback from Board …
Education Jan. 26, 2021 7:43 pm1788d ago
IOWA CITY – Costs across Iowa’s 15 community college are rising, while total enrollment is falling – just like at …
Education Jan. 26, 2021 9:16 am1788d ago
IOWA CITY – A University of Iowa survey released Monday exposes campus divisions – perhaps mirroring rifts nationally – with …
Education Jan. 22, 2021 3:55 pm1792d ago
University of Iowa Student Health this week started vaccinating students who care for patients in its health care settings, but …
News Jan. 22, 2021 6:30 am1792d ago
IOWA CITY – Some 70 to 80 years ago – in the days of Nile Kinnick, Tennessee Williams and Virgil …
Government & Politics Jan. 22, 2021 1:42 pm1792d ago
The state’s public universities could not spend millions of dollars in federal grants, private gifts and other sources unless state …
Education Jan. 20, 2021 6:01 pm1794d ago
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa has been advertising its presidential vacancy officially for just one week, but executives …
Education Jan. 20, 2021 6:45 am1794d ago
IOWA CITY – Nearly a decade ago, NASA’s $1.13 billion Juno mission began what was expected to be a seven-year …
Education Jan. 19, 2021 12:16 pm1795d ago
Republican state lawmakers are pushing again to eliminate tenure at Iowa’s public universities, which already have been reporting fewer tenured …
Education Jan. 13, 2021 6:33 pm1801d ago
IOWA CITY – Since the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics’ thousands of unionized health care workers last bargained with …
Education Jan. 13, 2021 5:54 pm1801d ago
The $15 million increase in state funding for Iowa’s three public being proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds falls short of …
Education Mar. 9, 2022 2:34 pm1381d ago
Although Iowa State University’s College Republicans tweeted last week that its members were ‘fighting on the front lines in DC” …
Education Jan. 13, 2021 6:45 am1801d ago
IOWA CITY – Four months after Mount Mercy University’s short-lived president resigned after just two months on the job – …
Education Jan. 12, 2021 5:11 pm1802d ago
Iowa’s Appeal Board on Tuesday agreed the state should pay a former University of Iowa employee $175,000 to settle a …
Education Jan. 12, 2021 5:14 pm1802d ago
Amid the chaos of budget concerns, waning collegiate prospects in the region and a pandemic that’s drastically altered higher education, …

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