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Male student in safety gear poses by purple door inside underground mine

Colorado School of Mines is developing a quantum research lab inside a literal mine

CURIE – short for Colorado Underground Research Institute – will allow researchers to test quantum sensors and more in a very low background environment.

Powering Up: Electrical Engineering Department at Colorado School of Mines grows as demand for jobs goes up

28 Mines faculty members awarded promotion, tenure for 2025-2026

Two Mines students honored with Goldwater Scholarships

Celebrating the people behind the experience: 2025 Administrative Faculty Awards highlight impact on student success

Delivering possibilities through record-breaking private investment: 2025 Impact Report

From concrete canoes to timber buildings, Mines student teams win big at civil engineering competition

Mines alumni aim to provide infinite opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts

News Headlines

Guggenheim Hall with blooming trees against backdrop of Mount Zion and blue sky

April 28, 2025

28 Mines faculty members awarded promotion, tenure for 2025-2026

April 25, 2025

Two Mines students honored with Goldwater Scholarships

April 23, 2025

From concrete canoes to timber buildings, Mines student teams win big at civil engineering competition

Mines Magazine

Man in camo looks at phone with foothills in distance

April 23, 2025

Mines alumni aim to provide infinite opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts

April 17, 2025

This Mines alum is tackling food waste through innovation

April 9, 2025

Fellowship helps Mines students bridge gap between technical expertise, public policy

Videos

Four Mines students wearing helmets paddle a cardboard boat through rapids in Clear Creek while a large crowd watches from the riverbank during the annual E-Days Cardboard Boat Race. One student holds up a piece of cardboard triumphantly. A banner on the left reads “An E-Days Classic: Cardboard Boat Race.”

VIDEO: Mines students put their engineering skills to the test in the annual Cardboard Boat Race

A group of Colorado School of Mines students pull a navy-blue ore cart down Colfax Avenue during the annual E-Days tradition.

VIDEO: What’s it like to do the Ore Cart Pull? We asked students along the route

Close-up of hands taping a cardboard boat, with bold text that reads "E-Days’ Wildest Tradition Returns" and a red banner below that says "Cardboard Boat Race." The background features a dimly lit workspace.

VIDEO: The Cardboard Boat Race - An epic tale of tape, teamwork and engineering under pressure

Research

Jessica Smith in front of CoorsTek Center

Jessica M. Smith named 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Colorado School of Mines is developing a quantum research lab inside a literal mine

Trefny Center celebrates 10 years of transformative teaching support

In The News

NJ faces tricky geophysics to repair voids beneath Route 80 that caused sinkholes

Mike Mooney, Grewcock Chair Professor of Underground Construction & Tunneling, and Paul Santi, professor of geology and geological engineering, discussed the geophysical and technical challenges of repairing sinkholes on Route 80 in New Jersey.

April 28, 2025

Carbon capture technology is ready. Permitting needs to catch up.

Anna Littlefield, program manager for Low Carbon Energy Technologies at Payne Institute for Public Policy, authored this opinion piece. Littlefield says the U.S. is leading internationally in the carbon capture arena.

April 24, 2025

Bad news for China: rare earth elements aren’t that rare

Ian Lange, associate professor, Economics and Business, says that while China has a corner on the refining of rare earth minerals currently, the U.S. could ramp up its capability to refine the minerals.

April 24, 2025

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