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Nov
29
2017
Mines Ethics Bowl team qualifies for national finals
Students from Colorado School of Mines are going to the National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl for the third year in a row. The Mines Ethics Bowl team beat out student groups from six other schools to win the Rocky Mountain Regional Ethics Bowl on NewsNov
09
2017
Serving the community through community solar
Colorado School of Mines students are helping make solar power more accessible to low-income Coloradans. The Mines Energy Club recently volunteered with GRID Alternatives to help build two community solar arrays, one in Fort Collins and the other NewsNov
06
2017
Explore global cuisine, culture at International Day Nov. 18
Colorado School of Mines has long attracted the best and brightest STEM students from around the world. Today, more than 70 countries are represented on campus – a fact that will be celebrated Nov. 18 at International Day, a fun-filled evening of NewsNov
01
2017
Holley named ASCE Region 7 Outstanding Faculty Advisor
A Colorado School of Mines alum and professor has been named 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers Region 7 Outstanding Faculty Advisor. Jeff Holley, assistant teaching professor of civil and environmental engineering, was nominated for the award NewsOct
30
2017
Computer science students win big at Xilinx Hackathon
Computer science students from Colorado School of Mines won big at the Xilinx Technology Showcase & Hackathon 2017, taking first and second place in the tech company’s coding competition earlier this month in Longmont. Twelve student and NewsOct
30
2017
Society of Women Engineers section wins multiple awards
Colorado School of Mines – home of the largest collegiate section of the Society of Women Engineers in the nation – was recognized with multiple awards at WE17, SWE’s annual convention Oct. 26-28 in Austin, Texas. Paige Bowling, a fifth-year student NewsOct
20
2017
Students get on-the-ground experience in Guatemala
Landslide risk is a fact of life for hundreds of thousands of Guatemalans residing in settlements on the slopes of steep ravines. How well the available tools, techniques and programs manage that risk is the subject of a Colorado School of Mines NewsOct
18
2017
DECTech wins Mayor’s Gold Mine Award for Excellence
A Colorado School of Mines outreach program to engage girls in STEM has been awarded the Mayor’s 2017 Gold Mine Award for Excellence. DECTech was one of five award recipients at the City of Golden Mayor’s 2017 Community Celebration on Oct. 3. The NewsOct
11
2017
Himalayan Oktoberfest to raise funds for Nepal service project
Every year, 26,500 pounds of human waste are generated in the Everest Base Camp region of Nepal. Public sanitation in the Khumbu Valley is lacking, however, and without proper receptacles, much of the trash and other waste generated by foreign NewsOct
02
2017