China Would Benefit from Proposed IP Giveaway

Walter G. Copan, PhD, vice president for research and technology transfer at Colorado School of Mines, wrote this op-ed about the proposed intellectual property waiver for Covid-19 therapeutics and diagnostics.
December 14, 2023

What does the groundbreaking COP28 agreement mean for the US?

“It’s not like it’s some kind of global mandate or something that all of a sudden is going to restructure anything,” said Morgan Bazilian, who previously worked as a European Union negotiator during climate talks. “That said, it probably plays well ....
December 13, 2023

COP28: 5 big takeaways on a historic climate agreement

Morgan Bazilian, who attended the conference as part of the Irish delegation, told The Hill he doesn’t think countries will “make large investment or policy or regulatory decisions because of that language” calling for a transition away from fossil ....
December 13, 2023

Why the U.S. has a serious mining worker shortage

Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer Walt Copan, Professor Jessica Smith and the Payne Institute's Juliet Akamboe were interviewed in this piece about the role miners play in the transition to green energy.
December 8, 2023

Deemed Sustainable by Seafood Industry Monitors, Harvested California Squid Has an Unmeasurable Energy Footprint

Chris Elvidge is the director of the Earth Observation Group at the Colorado School of Mines and has spent decades studying nighttime lights. His work got worldwide attention when he and his colleagues published images, based on satellite data ....
December 8, 2023

Mining is necessary for the green transition. Here’s why experts say we need to do it better

Many people aren’t aware of the ecological implications of producing the goods we use in general, noted Corby Anderson, associate director of the Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy at the Colorado School of Mines. “Whenever humans engage in ....
December 1, 2023

Where the World Is (and Isn’t) Making Progress on Climate Change

“There aren’t many clear winners that have emerged just yet,” said Morgan Bazilian, a professor of public policy at the Colorado School of Mines.
November 30, 2023

Denver metro area students challenged to build an EV battery for a global automaker

Students at the Colorado School of Mines and Arapahoe Community College are working together on building an advanced battery for electric vehicles for the global automaker of Dodge and Jeep -- Stellantis.
November 30, 2023

The Computer Science Major Leading College Football’s Nerdiest Contender

John Matocha of the Colorado School of Mines already has a job offer and an all-time college football record—and wants a Division II championship next. (PS: that’s not a real face tattoo.)
November 30, 2023

Tesla’s Cybertruck Is Two Years Late and Still Crazy

Without paint, Tesla must use technology and very careful handling to create and maintain a perfectly shiny, flat surface, says John Speer, who directs the Advanced Steel Processing and Products Research Center at the Colorado School of Mines
November 29, 2023

Vapor leak from unused pump caused Christmas Eve explosion and fire at Suncor refinery, OSHA finds

John Jechura, a Colorado School of Mines professor in the chemical and biological engineering department, described a dead leg as being like a garden hose that is turned off at the spigot and has the valve closed on the nozzle.
November 28, 2023

Biden’s first-ever UN climate summit snub carries symbolic weight

Morgan Bazilian, who has previously worked as a European Union negotiator during climate talks, told The Hill that Biden’s absence “does impact the tone or the optics of the event to a certain extent.”
November 28, 2023