GOLDEN, Colo., Dec. 5, 2013 – Dr. Priscilla Nelson will join Colorado School of Mines on Jan. 6, 2014, as the new head of the Mining Engineering Department. Nelson comes from the New Jersey Institute

GOLDEN, Colo., Oct. 21, 2013 – Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Mike Mooney has been appointed as the Grewcock University Endowed Chair in Underground Construction & Tunneling at Colorado

GOLDEN, Colo., Oct. 3, 2013 – Colorado School of Mines will be opening its doors to the Colorado Geological Survey (CGS) come spring 2014. CGS is temporarily located in Jefferson County after a recent

GOLDEN, Colo., Sept. 19, 2013 – The 2013 President’s Distinguished Lecture Series features Bruce Grewcock, chairman and CEO of Kiewit Corporation and a 1976 graduate of Colorado School of Mines

Only one Miss America crown is as unique as the one on display at the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum. The tiara, which contains several different gemstones, was worn by Miss Colorado for the

By Todd Neff Forests across the Mountain West have gone orange and faded to gray. Since about the turn of the millennium, the mountain pine beetle’s appetite for lodgepole has killed off some four

From the intellectual to the adventurous, students employed by Mines report that, along with a paycheck, their work provides balance, fun and intellectual stimulation. Having access to a deep pool of

A slow, persistent landslide is undermining a short section of I-70, about a mile from the highest point on the nation’s Interstate Highway System. Finding a solution is a conundrum that one Mines

GOLDEN, Colo., March 4, 2013 – Colorado School of Mines will honor individuals for their career achievements and service to the university during the Celebration of Alumni dinner on April 26. The

GOLDEN, Colo., Feb. 15, 2013 – Nearly 100 area high school students will converge on the Colorado School of Mines campus Feb. 19 to experience “a day in the life of engineers” in celebration of a