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Helluva engineer: Mines to celebrate Spring 2026 Commencement on May 14-15

Mines alumni Paul Anderson ‘85, Mike Starzer ‘83 and Rob McKee '68 will give keynote addresses at Undergraduate Commencement ceremonies.

Mines Venture Fund II to invest $10M in university-affiliated tech startups with State of Colorado financial commitment

Helluva engineer: Mines to celebrate Spring 2026 Commencement on May 14-15

Colorado School of Mines to support establishment of center of excellence in Uzbekistan focused on critical minerals and mining

Mines advances purpose-driven, entrepreneurial engineering education through campuswide initiative

Colorado School of Mines launches $7M research center to evaluate PFAS destruction technologies

VIDEO: Tour one of world's only university-owned mines

Colorado School of Mines announces critical minerals collaboration with National Laboratory of the Rockies

News Headlines

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May 11, 2026

Mines Venture Fund II to invest $10M in university-affiliated tech startups with State of Colorado financial commitment

four students in lab coats work at various stations in a lab

May 7, 2026

Mines advances purpose-driven, entrepreneurial engineering education through campuswide initiative

male researcher in hat works on pfas treatment system inside a trailer

May 6, 2026

Colorado School of Mines launches $7M research center to evaluate PFAS destruction technologies

Mines Magazine

April 14, 2026

Mines alum helps global sportswear company set the pace with better data

April 7, 2026

Alumni-founded company is finding opportunity in mining waste

March 31, 2026

Mines alum turns opportunity into impact for next generation of physicists

Videos

Students wearing hard hats sit in an underground classroom during a tour of the Edgar Experimental Mine, with text reading “Drilled by students” and arrows pointing to mine features.

VIDEO: Tour one of world's only university-owned mines

Bailey Burns with a background depicting a Blue Origin lunar lander and text reading "From Mines to the Moon."

From Mines to the Moon: Mines alum engineers NASA Artemis V lander for Blue Origin

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

Research

Colorado School of Mines launches $7M research center to evaluate PFAS destruction technologies

Colorado School of Mines announces critical minerals collaboration with National Laboratory of the Rockies

Nature Water study reveals how climate change is reshaping who gets water and when

In The News

Contamination, climate change and political drama stall clean water for Colorado’s Arkansas Valley

This article is authored by Lucas Bessire, professor of anthropology and co-director of the Center for Ethnography at Mines.

May 11, 2026

Command of the interconnect: The hidden infrastructure war beneath artificial intelligence

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, warns that the United States' AI ambitions could be restrained by a shortage of a little-known semiconductor material, indium phosphide.

May 11, 2026

Building up the quantum workforce: an undergraduate route into industry

Mines' new undergraduate degree program in Quantum Systems Engineering will welcome its first cohort of students this fall.

May 11, 2026

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