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students wearing Mines Hats during commencement

2025 Midyear Commencement honors new Mines graduates Dec. 19

Join Mines for 2025 Midyear Commencement featuring keynote speaker David Lawler ‘90 and two celebrations honoring our newest graduates

Cornerstone teams collaborate to re-design, improve existing products

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

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

Small-scale hydropower system wins top honors at Fall 2025 Capstone Design Showcase

2025 Midyear Commencement honors new Mines graduates Dec. 19

Mission for ancient climate clues beneath 500m of Antarctic ice gets underway

Orediggers strike gold with first women’s club rugby national championship

News Headlines

Cornerstone Design fall 2025 burrobinds team

December 18, 2025

Cornerstone teams collaborate to re-design, improve existing products

December 15, 2025

Small-scale hydropower system wins top honors at Fall 2025 Capstone Design Showcase

team shot of mines women's rugby team with championship banner

December 11, 2025

Orediggers strike gold with first women’s club rugby national championship

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

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.

PFAS research at Mines targets water contamination

Rendering of the future Mines–USGS Energy and Minerals Research Facility, showing a modern, multi-story building with large glass windows, elevated walkways, landscaped terraces, and people walking around the exterior plaza at sunset.

USGS and Mines forge new ground in critical minerals research with state-of-the-art facility

Two Colorado School of Mines students wearing safety vests, hard hats, and headlamps examine the rock ceiling inside the Edgar Experimental Mine using a mounted inspection camera. The underground setting is lit with work lights, revealing rough stone walls.

Colorado School of Mines is shaping the future of mining

Research

Aerial photo of Guggenheim with Mt Zion in background

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

Mission for ancient climate clues beneath 500m of Antarctic ice gets underway

Judith Vidal PhD '09 named codirector of Nexus program

In The News

Strong winds prompt Xcel to shutoff power in some areas

Qiuhua Huang, associate professor of electrical engineering, explains why high winds caused Xcel Energy to make the decision to shutdown electrical grids in the west Denver metro area.

December 17, 2025

Mining waste in the US contains billions of dollars of precious metals

Elizabeth Holley, associate professor of mining engineering, is referenced regarding her August 21, 2025 Science Magazine article that documented the presence of critical minerals in the nation's mine waste.

December 13, 2025

Colorado School of Mines professor and students work on creating a new type of concrete

Lori Tunstall, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, discusses the environmental benefits of a new type of concrete that she's developed.

December 10, 2025

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