Minerals and metals are at the foundation of modern technology-based societies. Each year, the average American uses about 25 tons of earth materials. Exploration for new resources is at the front end

Mines students saw a period of change 50 years ago as Mines expanded its curriculum in order to build itself into one of the nation's top technological institutions.[Photo from Prospector 1966] In the

Jarrod Gogolski, a graduate chemistry student, works on a project in the radiochemistry lab. (Photo by Leah Pinkus) You could call them the neglected stepchildren of the periodic table. Stretching

Colorado School of Mines has received a $7.5 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to establish a University Transportation Center (UTC), focused on improving the

Students from Alameda International Junior/Senior High School visited Colorado School of Mines on December 7 as part of an outreach program aimed at connecting high schools with a diverse student body

A moment of silence for those who lost their lives in the White Ash Mine disaster. On September 9, 1889, ten miners drowned in the White Ash Mine disaster, one of the most serious accidents in Golden

On Oct. 22, 45 Boy Scouts from various troops in the Denver Area Council came to Mines to learn about economic minerals, mine safety, environmental stewardship and the mining industry in Colorado. The

Professor Illangasekare (far right) receives the PSIPW Award from U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon . Photo Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Congratulations to Tissa Illangasekare, distinguished

Colorado School of Mines raised nearly half a billion dollars to complete the most successful fundraising campaign in the history of the university, Transforming Lives: The Campaign for Colorado

W. Lloyd Wright, longtime school physician for Colorado School of Mines and the namesake of the university’s Student Wellness Center died Sept. 16 in Paonia, Colo. He was 99 years old.Born June 15