Dropbox - A website/service that creates a personal dropbox for you that can be accessed like a regular folder on your computer. As long as you have an internet connection, you can use the dropbox folder to store anything as long as you have the space. Like most hosting services you get started with a small amount of free storage and have the option to upgrade.
Amazon Cloud Drive - This service is similar to dropbox, but you do not need to install the dropbox software/folder onto your computer. All you need is an internet connection and an Amazon account, and you get 5Gb of storage for free!
UD Copland Web Server - If you did not know already, every student, professor, and faculty member has a bit of space allocated to them on the Copland server. To upload files to this space, you need to log into the Copland server using an FTP program like FileZilla, Fetch, or SSH Secure Shell. Fetch (Mac) and SSH Secure Shell (PC) are available at the Student Multimedia Design Center to access Copland. Just enter the server address: copland.udel.edu and use your UD username and password when asked for credentials. Use the "public_html" folder to host files and web pages. Once to files have been uploaded, you can use a web browser to view/download the files. You can find your web space at http://udel.edu/~yourusername
Wikipedia has a nice list of cloud storage options if you are looking for more.
Google Docs is also a great way to transfer and share text, presentations, spreadsheets, photos, and more with anyone else who has a udel or gmail account. I've had many a group project in which we've passed a draft of our paper to each other for editing through this resource--it's a great tool.
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