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Media tip sheet: Venezuela’s vast oil reserves

Muons and machine learning provide new window into sealed nuclear storage casks

Colorado School of Mines launches Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program for returned Peace Corps volunteers

Memorable Mines Moments of 2025: Campaign for MINES@150 breaks records, new provost and more

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

VIDEO: Bachelor's graduates on their Mines experience

News Headlines

January 7, 2026

Media tip sheet: Venezuela’s vast oil reserves

crowd of students walk on sidewalk with campus in background and Mines flag in foreground

December 22, 2025

Memorable Mines Moments of 2025: Campaign for MINES@150 breaks records, new provost and more

Xue Wang holding Rath plaque with President Johnson and VP Copan

December 19, 2025

Chemical Engineering PhD wins Fall 2025 Rath Research Award at Graduate Commencement

Mines Magazine

Blue Key students standing behind Blaster the Burro

December 17, 2025

Blue Key has shaped the Oredigger experience with a century of tradition

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

Videos

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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

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.

VIDEO: PFAS research at Mines targets water contamination

Research

Mark Deinert and Andy Osborne stand in front of window with Mines campus behind

Muons and machine learning provide new window into sealed nuclear storage casks

Chemical Engineering PhD wins Fall 2025 Rath Research Award at Graduate Commencement

Aerial photo of Guggenheim with Mt Zion in background

Rare earth element technologies developed at Mines licensed by Australian mining company

In The News

Can Trump convince oil companies Venezuela is a good bet?

Luis Zerpa, Harry D. Campbell Endowed Chair in Petroleum Engineering, associate department head, associate professor and director of The Center for Rock and Fluid Multiphysics, discusses the challenges associated with getting the Venezuelan oil ....

January 8, 2026

Keeping ourselves in the loop: 6 human-centered activities for the age of AI

Carter Moulton, faculty developer, lays out strategies for effectively using AI as part of your instruction plan.

January 8, 2026

Why does Venezuela have so much oil? Geology

Luis Zerpa, Harry D. Campbell Endowed Chair in Petroleum Engineering, associate department head, associate professor, and director of The Center for Rock and Fluid Multiphysics, explains why Venezuela has the perfect geology for oil.

January 7, 2026

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