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Two Mines faculty members win NASA Early Career Faculty Award

Omid Beik, assistant professor of electrical engineering, and C. Michael McGuirk, associate professor of chemistry, are conducting research that could power future space exploration.

Mines student club sends 2-stage rocket into record books

This Mines alum is helping ensure your luggage also makes it from Point A to B

Two Mines faculty members win NASA Early Career Faculty Award

Club Sports at Mines leveling up with dedicated esports space

2 Mines students awarded Fulbright Scholarships to conduct research abroad

Two Teach@Mines students named to Colorado Future Educator Honor Roll

VIDEO: Mines researchers turn mine tailings into high-performance construction materials

News Headlines

Mines Rocket Club members pose with rocket in desert

June 13, 2025

Mines student club sends 2-stage rocket into record books

June 3, 2025

2 Mines students awarded Fulbright Scholarships to conduct research abroad

group photo of scientists in red aboard boat

May 28, 2025

Mines professor co-leading research project to investigate freshened water under the ocean floor

Mines Magazine

June 12, 2025

This Mines alum is helping ensure your luggage also makes it from Point A to B

male student plays computer game in esports lab

June 4, 2025

Club Sports at Mines leveling up with dedicated esports space

male student with hands on keyboard of new instrument

May 28, 2025

Mines is preparing students to become well-rounded leaders, innovators through blend of technical rigor, creative learning

Videos

A gloved hand holds a small metal scoop of processed mine tailings in a laboratory setting. Behind it, lab equipment and a mixing drum are visible. Overlaid text reads: “Rebuilding with Mining Waste – Inside the lab.”

VIDEO: Mines researchers turn mine tailings into high-performance construction materials

Collage of three scenes: a student tightening a pipe structure, a group solving clues in an escape room, and Jalen Thomas speaking inside a modern building. Banner text reads “Colorado School of Mines – How an Escape Room Idea Became a Startup.”

VIDEO: Mines alum brings escape room startup to life with support from campus innovation ecosystem

Four Colorado School of Mines undergraduate students sit for interviews in a library setting, each wearing Mines apparel. A banner below them reads “Colorado School of Mines Undergraduate Reflections.”

VIDEO: Class of 2025 graduates reflect on their undergraduate experience at Mines

Research

Two Mines faculty members win NASA Early Career Faculty Award

Mines professor co-leading research project to investigate freshened water under the ocean floor

Native American Mining and Energy Sovereignty Initiative receives support from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

In The News

Concerns Grow on How ‘Dirt Sciences’ Will Keep Attracting Talent

Jennifer Miskimins, professor and department head of petroleum engineering at Colorado School of Mines, discusses the challenges faced by U.S. universities in recruiting students to study petroleum engineering, geology, mining engineering and more.

June 12, 2025

‘Disruptions all over the place’ if today’s China talks fail

Rod Eggert, research professor of economics and business, says substitutes for magnets made from rare earth minerals are less efficient. China is the nearly exclusive source for these magnets.

June 10, 2025

Electric gridlock: Can the growing West’s infrastructure evolve fast enough to keep the lights on?

Omid Beik, assistant professor, Electrical Engineering, is quoted in this article examining the state of the West's electrical grid.

June 8, 2025

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