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ProtoFund-Powered: Student passion project envisions trencher for space mining

Mines grad student builds lunar trencher to advance space mining, aiming to unlock Moon resources and fuel the future of space exploration - with help from the Mines ProtoFund.
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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

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

Colorado School of Mines celebrates 2025 Midyear Undergraduate Commencement

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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 Midyear 2025 Commencement
December 19, 2025

Colorado School of Mines celebrates 2025 Midyear Undergraduate Commencement

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Mines Magazine

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December 17, 2025

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

Crystal Heter
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

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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

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

Xue Wang holding Rath plaque with President Johnson and VP Copan

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

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

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The National Interest

Maduro’s capture won’t disrupt global oil markets

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, is a co-author on this examination of how regime change in Venezuela will, or won't, impact international oil markets.
January 6, 2026
The National Interest

The superalloy dilemma: can America break its mineral dependency?

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authors this article that analyzes a new “super alloy” made of niobium, tantalum, titanium, and hafnium.
January 5, 2026
National Geographic

To explore space, scientists want to turn the moon into a gas station

George Sowers, professor of practice in mechanical engineering, explains how water on the moon could be turned into fuel to power space travel and research on the moon.
January 2, 2026
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