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Orediggers strike gold with first women’s club rugby national championship

The Mines women’s club rugby team claimed the 2025 National Collegiate Rugby Division III title after a dramatic 38–29 victory over defending champion Endicott College, with sophomore standout Piper Lee named Championship MVP.

Orediggers strike gold with first women’s club rugby national championship

ProtoFund-Powered: Student passion project envisions trencher for space mining

Judith Vidal PhD '09 named codirector of Nexus program

ProtoFund-Powered: Master's student – a former dentist – creates prototype for 3D facial scanner

Colorado School of Mines announces 2025 Alumni Award recipients

ProtoFund-Powered: Students redesign RC car parts for speed, strength and savings

Copan testifies before U.S. House committee on mineral and mining innovation

News Headlines

December 9, 2025

ProtoFund-Powered: Student passion project envisions trencher for space mining

December 8, 2025

ProtoFund-Powered: Master's student – a former dentist – creates prototype for 3D facial scanner

December 4, 2025

ProtoFund-Powered: Students redesign RC car parts for speed, strength and savings

Mines Magazine

December 3, 2025

Lessons from a Mines alum’s path to leadership in a dynamic energy landscape

Elizabeth Holley testifies before select committee

December 1, 2025

U.S. policymakers turn to Mines for trusted expertise on critical minerals

November 26, 2025

Mines alum uses her aerospace career to give back and help inspire others

Videos

Chris Higgins stands in a field at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, leaning on a large white tank with two wooden planks on top. In the background are large machines and testing equipment, related to PFAS research.

PFAS research at Mines targets water contamination

Rendering of the future Mines–USGS Energy and Minerals Research Facility, showing a modern, multi-story building with large glass windows, elevated walkways, landscaped terraces, and people walking around the exterior plaza at sunset.

USGS and Mines forge new ground in critical minerals research with state-of-the-art facility

Two Colorado School of Mines students wearing safety vests, hard hats, and headlamps examine the rock ceiling inside the Edgar Experimental Mine using a mounted inspection camera. The underground setting is lit with work lights, revealing rough stone walls.

Colorado School of Mines is shaping the future of mining

Research

Judith Vidal PhD '09 named codirector of Nexus program

Walt Copan sits at witness stand with people taking notes behind him

Copan testifies before U.S. House committee on mineral and mining innovation

Media tip sheet: Harnessing the power of geothermal energy

In The News

Colorado School of Mines professor and students work on creating a new type of concrete

Lori Tunstall, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, discusses the environmental benefits of a new type of concrete that she's developed.

December 10, 2025

Exclusive: Chilean regulator, workers flagged risk at Teck's Quebrada Blanca dam

Rennie Kaunda, associate professor of mining engineering, said cracks and leaks can be red flags for dam stability, requiring consistent monitoring and identification of the root cause.

December 9, 2025

How the oil industry's climate-change solution is surviving Trump's attack on green energy

Anna Littlefield, carbon-capture program manager at the Payne Institute for Public Policy, said the oil and gas infrastructure is similar to the infrastructure required for carbon capture operations.

December 6, 2025

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