Jack Bringardner, teaching professor and director of education innovation in engineering, design and society, has been honored with the KEEN Rising Star Award from the Kern Family Foundation. This

Peter Aaen has been named Dean of Energy and Materials Programs at Colorado School of Mines.

At Mines, students are preparing for the future of quantum with a new degree program and deep ties to Colorado’s fast-growing quantum industry.

Colorado School of Mines is once again sending a student team to the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl National Championship, being held March 7 and 8, in St. Louis. Mines will be one of 36 collegiate teams

Williams honored with CRA Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award.

Cecilia Diniz Behn named inaugural Joe and Jane Gray University Chair, advancing interdisciplinary biomedical research at Mines.

Mines alum Bailey Burns ’18, MS ’21 is helping design the lunar lander for NASA’s Artemis V mission, serving as a vehicle integration systems engineer at Blue Origin.

ARPA-E veteran Jenifer Shafer named inaugural Fryrear Presidential Chair at Mines to lead energy tech commercialization and bridge the lab-to-market gap.

Mines geophysics professor Matt Siegfried is a member of NASA’s EDGE mission to map the planet’s ice and ecosystems with the most accurate spaceborne altimeter ever.

Learn more about the three Mines students and recent grads who were selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for academic year 2025-26.