Volunteers are needed to help staff the FIRST Tech Challenge, a regional robotics championship for high school students hosted by Missouri University of Science and Technology on Saturday, Feb. 23.

Students enrolled in a global foods literature course at Missouri University of Science and Technology will have an opportunity to spend a week in the Bahamas experiencing Caribbean food and culture, while others on the trip study the area’s geology and biodiversity.

Missouri University of Science and Technology is one of five Ph.D.-granting universities in the nation to be selected a finalist in the Second Nature 2013 Climate Leadership Awards.

Greg Smith, chief information officer for George Fox University in Newberg, Ore., since 2004, has been named CIO of Missouri University of Science and Technology. Missouri S&T Provost Warren K. Wray announced the appointment today (Monday, Jan. 7, 2013).

The appointment of a new chancellor in 2012 and stories of innovative research about strong forces in nanomaterials, potential cancer-causing ingredients in sunscreen and how eye-tracking reveals what’s most important on a website were among the most viewed stories on Missouri S&T’s news website in 2012. Meanwhile, a profile of the 2012 freshman class, an English professor’s study of Fight Club and the 104th annual St. Pat’s Celebration were among the year’s most viewed Discover stories from the S&T website.

Missouri University of Science and Technology is once again one of the nation’s top public universities, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance.