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Colorado School of Mines celebrates 2025 Midyear Undergraduate Commencement

Mines conferred a total of 293 bachelor's degrees to December graduates during a ceremony at Lockridge Arena.

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

Colorado School of Mines celebrates 2025 Midyear Undergraduate Commencement

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

News Headlines

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

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

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

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

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

In The News

Why aren’t more power lines buried in Colorado?

Quihua Huang, associate professor of electrical engineering, says that burying power lines is a very expensive proposition as compared to using overhead lines.

December 19, 2025

Colorado School of Mines gets creative with its December graduation

Jason Slowinski, associate vice president of infrastructure and operations, explains how he led the effort to keep Mines' graduation ceremony on-track despite having to do it using power from an emergency generator.

December 19, 2025

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

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