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Vertically integrated program brings together researchers across fields, experience levels

Mines’ vertically integrated research gives undergrads a chance to lead, mentor and innovate across disciplines from Day 1.

Colorado School of Mines Foundation honored with award for college and university board leadership

Vertically integrated program brings together researchers across fields, experience levels

Mines appoints Executive Director of Critical Minerals Strategy and Advancement

Scientists discover Antarctica’s subglacial water flux is double previous estimates

Media tip sheet: Critical minerals extraction and processing

‘Quantum imaging’ could open new window to nanoscale universe

Mines geologists look to 66-million-year-old “clues” to predict future of global rainfall

News Headlines

February 2, 2026

Colorado School of Mines Foundation honored with award for college and university board leadership

January 27, 2026

Mines appoints Executive Director of Critical Minerals Strategy and Advancement

A student wearing safety goggles, gloves, and a respirator mask performs a lab experiment in a mineral processing laboratory, measuring material on a scale next to an open lab notebook.

January 26, 2026

Media tip sheet: Critical minerals extraction and processing

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

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

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

Vertically integrated program brings together researchers across fields, experience levels

plane parked on antarctic ice with bright sun (Surface over Mercer Subglacial Lake in Antarci (Photo by Philipp Arndt)

Scientists discover Antarctica’s subglacial water flux is double previous estimates

Mines physics professor Jeff Squier is part of a national consortium of scientists researching next-generation neuroimaging.

‘Quantum imaging’ could open new window to nanoscale universe

In The News

Robot Riot brings comedy and science to RISE Comedy

Tom Williams, associate professor of computer science and director of the Interactive Robotics Research Lab, says Robot Riot is designed to make audiences laugh and get them to think about the ethical challenges surrounding robots and AI.

February 2, 2026

Colorado School of Mines wants to prove a masters isn’t needed to work in quantum

Fred Sarazin, department head/professor of physics and Mines director of quantum, explains why quantum engineers are desperately needed if the U.S. is to up its game in the quantum arena.

January 30, 2026

Transparent gel wound dressing could be game changer to help injured people heal faster

Melissa Krebs, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering, discusses her company's wound gel, Cleragel, that has special properties that allow hard to heal wounds to heal.

January 26, 2026

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