Segment highlights the inventiveness and bravery of Mines students as they competed in the annual Cardboard Boat Race.
April 20, 2026
Unlocking the universe: Discover the best colleges for quantum physics in 2026
The article notes Mines is developing highly sensitive underground detectors to study rare particle interactions, which could shed light on the universe’s origins and advance quantum computing.
April 19, 2026
Colorado School of Mines Cardboard Boat Race
A team of Cardboard Boat Race competitors is interviewed about the failure of their craft after it met the icy waters of Clear Creek.
April 18, 2026
Colorado School of Mines students face off in annual boat races
Segment spotlights Mines' annual cardboard boat race where hundreds gathered to watch students with crafts big and small, fast and slow, attempt a few rapids in mighty Clear Creek in Golden with just some cardboard and duct tape between them and the icy water.
April 18, 2026
The School of Mines Ore Cart Pull: A 91-year-old tradition
A Denver7 journalist talks with hardy Mines students as they leave Colfax & Simms headed seven plus miles to downtown Denver as part of Mines' annual Ore Cart Pull.
April 17, 2026
Much-needed snow falls in Colorado
A CBS crew out in the spring snow happened a few hundred Mines students walking in the annual Ore Cart Pull, including a student playing a piano on a U-Haul trailer being pulled by his friends.
April 17, 2026
Iran war comes for the 'king of chemicals'
Sangita Gayatri Kannan, research assistant with the Critical Materials Innovation Hub (CMI), says by halting exports of sulfuric acid China is acting to protect its domestic users of the chemical.
April 17, 2026
Infinite Outdoors offers a platform to help landowners earn added income
Infinite Outdoors, a Casper, Wyoming firm developed by a couple of Mines alums, Sam Seeton and David Rhine, and backed by the Mines Venture Fund, allows landowners to manage and profit from access to their land by fishermen and hunters.
April 16, 2026
Iran war will have a medium-term impact on supply of important inputs like helium and sulfur: Expert
Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, explains how interwoven the world's economy is with the oil and gas that previously traveled through the Strait of Hormuz.
April 14, 2026
Mining companies are using cosmic rays to find critical minerals
Mengli Zhang, research assistant professor and director of the Center for Geophysics, Energy and Minerals, said more than cost and high resolution, the key is smaller and faster sensors that can get enough information before a borehole collapses.
April 14, 2026
University to open innovation hub following facility purchase
Mines has purchased an over 50,000-square-foot facility in Golden to serve as the home of a new innovation hub aimed at strengthening domestic critical minerals supply chains.
April 13, 2026
A closed Strait of Hormuz risks a global food security crisis
Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authors this article examining how the Iran War has impacted fertilizer supplies.