It huffs and it puffs and nearly blows your house down. That's the job of a new hurricane simulator at the University of Florida, a 25-ton contraption that belched 120 mph wind and rain during its first official test run Monday. Called a "Category 3 storm on wheels," the world's largest portable wind simulator delivered its expected fury by slamming a mockup section of house with high-pressure storm forces. ...more

May 20, 2008

Country Duo Taping 'GameDay' Intro At USF TAMPA - Big & Rich is Coming to This City. ...more

May 20, 2008

Big & Rich, who perform "Coming to Your City, will tape their concert intro for ESPN's "College GameDay" at 2 p.m. Tuesday on the University of South Florida campus at 50th Street and Holly Drive, just south of Fletcher Avenue. ...more

May 19, 2008

The explosive growth of the University of South Florida's athletic program has come with more than its measure of bumps and challenges, but nothing created more internal urgency than the notion it was short-changing the "student" part of its student-athletes. ...more

May 8, 2008

preparing for finals (hopefully), concentrating on finding a job (maybe) and filling up their social calendars (definitely). ...more

May 4, 2008

Jake Long visited New York City for the first time this week and landed a nifty souvenir - a Miami Dolphins jersey bearing uniform No. 1. ...more

April 27, 2008

The head of the city's risk management division resigned Sunday, one day after the Tribune wrote about his workers' complaints against him. ...more

February 25, 2008

It was nearly 50 years ago that Physicians for Social Responsibility first helped find traces of radioactive waste in children's teeth as a result of atmospheric nuclear testing. ...more

February 23, 2008