University of South Florida

Former USF coach Jim Leavitt praises UCF...

Forget about "Parker Spitzer." It's dead, and the only question left is when the guys with the body bags come and take away.But if you want to do some useful ratings watching at CNN, check out the Nielsen numbers Thursday for Wednesday night's telecast of...

Former president Bill Clinton took the stage at the University of Central Florida, to the roaring approval of 1,500 ramped-up students and supporters, at Democratic Senate nominee Kendrick Meek's mega-rally in Orlando, Wednesday afternoon. It was the...

Former South Florida coach Jim Leavitt is now a fan of UCF. George O'Leary...

CNN's Candy Crowley sounds upbeat about moderating a debate in Florida's Senate race. "I'm jazzed to be doing it," she said by phone. "There's a handful of races where the credentials of people are under fire. You've got three credentialed candidates....

TAMPA – The two hopefuls for Florida governor spent their last audition before a statewide television audience Monday night trading attacks over each others' ethics, truthfulness and qualifications for the state's most powerful public post. Republican...

Rick Scott vs Alex Sink in Florida governor's debate on CNN. Full transcript....

A Yale University divinity student has been accused of having sex with a teen boy during a summer program at University of South Florida, according to the New Haven Register. Herron Gaston, 23, allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old boy...

The University of Miami officially announced today the $5 million donation it has received toward its proposed$13.6 million center for athletic excellence. The donation from the Ted & Todd Schwartz Family Foundation will help the university build the...

If you dropped out of college, you're still qualified to be a Florida governor, leading the nation's fourth largest state. Or a state senator, deciding how to spend billions in tax dollars. Or the state's chief financial officer, responsible for the...

I've been doing some research for a story I'm writing about how much research funding the University of Central Florida has received in recent years. Interesting factoid: Florida's colleges and universities spent a combined almost $2 billion on research...

At the end of January, I wrote this column on the latest biomedical outfit looking to land in Florida. It's called Jackson Laboratory and specializes in genetics research out of Bar Harbor, ME. I would argue that if Florida's cluster systems are working...