http://www.news.wisc.edu/ News stories from the University of Wisconsin-Madison en-us University of Wisconsin-Madison political science researchers are taking a key role in a federally funded project to improve the state's ability to collect accurate election returns. Dennis Chaptman dchaptman@wisc.edu 2008-06-30 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15356 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15356 The UW-Madison Dance Marathon organization is looking for interested students to serve on its leadership council, responsible for planning and organizing the event, which is scheduled to take place beginning at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27, and will last 16 hours. 2008-06-30 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15357 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15357 It's Friday night, and the movie's already spinning in the DVD player. You run to the kitchen to grab a gallon of ice cream and a spoon, but you find the tub nearly empty. Nicole Miller nemiller2@wisc.edu 2008-07-01 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15358 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15358 A UW-Madison biochemistry professor will stay at the university to join its Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center. Nicole Miller nemiller2@wisc.edu 2008-07-01 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15359 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15359 The UW-Madison Summer Choir will perform "I Hear America Singing" at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 11. 2008-07-01 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15360 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15360 Amiri Baraka, the award-winning incendiary poet, playwright and founder of the Black Arts Movement, will give a special reading at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Monday, July 7, to open the third annual Spoken Word and Hip-Hop Educator's Institute. 2008-07-01 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15361 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15361 An innovative program for collecting and disposing of unused medication was chosen as this year's winner of the Lloyd D. Gladfelter Award for government efficiency and effectiveness. 2008-07-02 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15362 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15362 We all know people who are tense and nervous and can't relax. They may have been wired differently since childhood. 2008-07-02 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15363 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15363 Between 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 1, and 8 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 11, the Integrated Student Information System (ISIS) will be unavailable to campus as it enters the final implementation phase of a major upgrade, which started in late 2007. 2008-07-02 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15364 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15364 An electric snowmobile built by student members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering Clean Snowmobile Team is now in Greenland, on loan to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the summer to support climate research projects at the Greenland Environmental Observatory (GEO Summit Camp). Liz Ahlberg eahlberg@wisc.edu 2008-07-03 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15365 http://www.news.wisc.edu/15365