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Mines and DSST Public Schools launch guaranteed admission pathway

Colorado School of Mines offers guaranteed admission for qualified DSST Public Schools students starting with the 2026–27 school year.

Mines alum turns opportunity into impact for next generation of physicists

Mines and DSST Public Schools launch guaranteed admission pathway

A call to serve: Mines alum brings engineering mindset to campus ministry

Mines students tackle biomass challenge in partnership with local government and community organizations

How Mines alumni are helping to power industry collaboration and real-world research

‘Just-shoring’ puts justice at the center of critical minerals policy

Jack Bringardner honored with KEEN Foundation Rising Star Award

News Headlines

March 17, 2026

Mines students tackle biomass challenge in partnership with local government and community organizations

four male alumni get lab tour from female student

March 17, 2026

How Mines alumni are helping to power industry collaboration and real-world research

March 5, 2026

Peter Aaen named Dean of Energy and Materials Programs

Mines Magazine

March 31, 2026

Mines alum turns opportunity into impact for next generation of physicists

March 24, 2026

A call to serve: Mines alum brings engineering mindset to campus ministry

March 5, 2026

Inside Mines’ quantum push: A new degree prepares students to shape what’s next

Videos

Bailey Burns with a background depicting a Blue Origin lunar lander and text reading "From Mines to the Moon."

From Mines to the Moon: Mines alum engineers NASA Artemis V lander for Blue Origin

Four smiling graduate students shown in split screens with the text Colorado School of Mines Graduate Reflections.

VIDEO: Master's and PhD graduates on their Mines experience

Four smiling undergraduate students shown in split screens with the text Colorado School of Mines Undergraduate Reflections.

VIDEO: Bachelor's graduates on their Mines experience

Research

How Mines alumni are helping to power industry collaboration and real-world research

‘Just-shoring’ puts justice at the center of critical minerals policy

Mines researcher part of NASA-selected satellite mission

In The News

Lunar prospectors: the businesses looking to mine the moon

Angel Abbud-Madrid, professor of practice in mechanical engineeering and director of the Center for Space Resources, says we need to consider the environmental impacts associated with plans to mine the moon.

April 1, 2026

The next big Iran war question: Who will lose from the missile shortage?

A new Payne Institute for Public Policy study on the use rate of munitions in the Iran war is referenced.

April 1, 2026

Colorado School of Mines students search for wildfire fuel solutions, present to experts

Hannah Rodda, freshmen in mechanical engineering, and Lia Franklin, acting director for the McNeil Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, discuss the Innov8x Biomass Challenge that examines ways to sustainably deal with the biomass removed from the forest during fire mitigation efforts.

March 31, 2026

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