5280 Magazine lists Mines vs. CSU-Pueblo football game as one of six best matchups

One of the most exciting things about autumn is the return of college football season. This year, Colorado offers a bounty of enticing games at the state's signature football stadiums. 5280 Magazine hand-picked the top six matchups that showcase our ....
September 1, 2016

Mines listed in MetroDenver article as leader in creating talented young professionals

In this article, MetroDenver listed five reasons why Colorado is an emerging leader in both STEM education and STEM job creation. Mines was listed in reason #3. 3. We have a rich pipeline of talented young professionals. In 2016, Forbes Magazine ....
August 29, 2016

Osgood co-authors op-ed column in New York Times

History Professor Kenneth Osgood co-authored the column, "Why Did We Stop Teaching Political History?" with Harvard Professor of History and International Affairs Fredrick Logevall. Osgood and Logevall argue that the study of America’s political past ....
August 29, 2016

Nelson featured in innovation blog

Mining Engineering Professor and Department Head Priscilla Nelson was featured in NTT Innovation Institute's blog and video. Nelson wrote a piece entitled "Faces of Innovation: Building Partnerships to Bring Ideas to Life", focusing on the idea that ....
August 26, 2016

Three Class of 2020 students profiled in Littleton Independent

Lots of hustle and bustle on the Colorado School of Mines campus was going on during the third week of August as students were getting ready for classes to begin on Aug. 22. Aug. 16 and 18 were move-in days when all first-year, transfer and ....
August 25, 2016

Nissen interviewed by 9News about facts, myths on recent earthquakes

Geophysics Assistant Professor Ed Nissan was interviewed by 9News on the recent earthquakes in Italy. He says the cluster of earthquakes happening over the span of a couple days is a coincidence. "If you look at the earthquake records going back ....
August 24, 2016

President Johnson, wife Elyse featured in Golden Informer's August cover story

The Golden Informer's interviewed President Paul Johnson for its August issue. “We knew that if we were going to leave Arizona, it had to be for the right place,” said Paul. “We wanted a town with a western flair to it, a smaller school, a college ....
August 12, 2016

Higgins speaks to CPR about unsafe chemicals found in drinking water

A new study finds elevated levels of synthetic chemicals in drinking water supplies in 33 states, including Colorado. Three cities south of Colorado Springs have detected elevated levels of perfluorinated compounds in drinking water. Possible sources ....
August 11, 2016

WE²NG K-12 science teacher training highlighted in Higher Ed Tribune

Mines Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty recently offered the inaugural summer training experience of the Water-Energy Education for the Next Generation (WE²NG) to nine Colorado public school teachers, giving them the understanding and ....
August 8, 2016

Geophysics alumna Nancy House named SEG President-Elect for 2016-2017

Nancy House, longtime member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), has been selected to serve as the SEG President Elect for 2016-2017. House received her Master of Science in Geophysics from Colorado School of Mines in 1979, having ....
August 7, 2016

Assistant prof. Lange weighs in on renewables with Inside Energy

Mineral and Energy Economics Program Director, Dr. Ian Lange, contributed to a story by Inside Energy, “The Electricity Mix in the Western Grid is Changing Before Our Eyes.” From the story: Lange, an economist at Mines, says the intermittency of wind ....
August 4, 2016

Mines named #1 college in Colorado by MONEY Magazine

In a 2016 ranking of best U.S. colleges by state, MONEY Magazine by Time Inc. ranked Colorado School of Mines as the best college in Colorado. According to the website, MONEY's methodology is to determine the colleges that "deliver the most value -- ....
July 25, 2016