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USF Health CAMLS Prepares for Launch

USF Health will formally open its new Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS) facility at the end of March, but reporters were able to get a look inside this week.

By Mark Schreiner (Send E-Mail)

Inside the Mathematical Equation That Will Grade and Pay Teachers

School has always been about grading students. But now 24 states in the country are starting to grade teachers.

By Sarah Gonzalez

USF Vice Provost: Cuts Could Impact Class Size, Summer School

Days after the Florida Senate surprised the University of South Florida with a proposal to immediately spin off USF Polytechnic into a separate university, the Senate's budget committee proposed cutting USF's funding by nearly 60 percent.

By Steve Newborn (Send E-Mail)

Q&A With USF President Judy Genshaft on Proposed State Budget Cuts

University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft is working feverishly to stop as much as a 60 percent proposed cut in state allocations.

By Carson Cooper (Send E-Mail)

Senate Calls Off Prison Privatization

No more private prisons in Florida…at least not for now. State senators decided by two votes last night to kill a massive privatization program designed to reduce state prison costs by seven percent a year.

Have all senators voted?

By Rick Stone

USF's Genshaft Optimistic About Fending Off Senate Budget Cuts

University of South Florida president Judy Genshaft sounded a positive note Tuesday night, after a flight to Tallahassee where she lobbied against a 58 percent proposed cut in USF's funding.

By Steve Newborn (Send E-Mail)

Variety of Voices Sound off in Opposition to USF Budget Cuts

Since the Florida Senate unveiled a budget that could lead to over 100 million dollars in cuts to the University of South Florida, reaction has been fast and furious.

By Mark Schreiner (Send E-Mail)

USF Students React to Proposed Budget Cuts

Various USF students react to the proposed budget cuts from the state senate.

By Yoselis Ramos

Fasano: Alexander Is a Bully and Senate Should Be Ashamed

Some Tampa Bay lawmakers are reacting with anger and defiance to a Senate proposal to cut 58 percent of state funding for the University of South Florida.

Those proposed cuts are more than twice as big as the proposed reductions for other universities, according to an analysis by USF.

By Scott Finn (Send E-Mail)

Poverty, Homelessness Rising Sharply Among Florida Students

Since the economy collapsed in 2008, Florida’s student population has become poorer each year -- with almost all school districts in the state experiencing spikes in the number of kids who qualify for subsidized meals.

Children have become homeless at alarming numbers as well.

By Mc Nelly Torres, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting

USF Trustees Vow to Fight Drastic Cut in University Funding

The University of South Florida Board of Trustees is launching a campaign to convince the Florida State Senate not to impose a budget that would cut 58 percent of USF's funding. Other universities face cuts, but more in the 20 to 25 percent range.

By Craig Kopp (Send E-Mail)

Wildlife Expedition Sees Danger, Signs of Recovery for Panther

The Florida Panther is fighting its way back from the brink of extinction, and members of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition are seeing signs of the panther in their travels.

By Carson Cooper and Scott Finn