School of Mines students are floating (and capsizing) cardboard boats on Clear Creek

With light snow falling in Golden and a 32 degree temperature, the cardboard boat race went forward for Colorado School of Mines engineering students.
April 17, 2021

Mines student-athlete participates in two sports concurrently for first time in decades

Amena Nelson is the first two sport athlete to play in concurrent seasons at Colorado School of Mines, since Mike Flater did the same in 1973-74.
April 11, 2021

40-pound Colorado meteorite on display at reopened Mines Museum of Earth Science

The museum on the Colorado School of Mines campus has reopened to the public following nearly a yearlong closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 3, 2021

Colorado School of Mines is adding a minor in space mining this fall

Students will learn about mining materials on other planets that deep space missions can't bring from earth, like enough water.
February 18, 2021

Space mining among new programs this fall at Colorado School of Mines

Space mining sounds like something out of science fiction novels, but it's coming closer to reality for Colorado School of Mines students.
February 15, 2021

This epic Halloween costume is part of a special School of Mines tradition

The Colorado School of Mines Maker Society created this one-of-a-kind ode to the Little Mermaid as part of their annual Magic Wheelchair Halloween build.
October 27, 2020

Is there an active volcano in Colorado? 40 years after Mount St. Helens eruption, we found out

Dr. Christian Shorey, assistant department head of geology and geology engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, said scientists technically define an active volcano as one that has erupted in the last 10,000 years – meaning the Dotsero volcano ....
May 18, 2020

MIC'D UP: Mines athlete balances brains and basketball

Courtney Stanton, a junior at Colorado School of Mines, takes us through a day in the life of a chemical engineering major and center of the women's basketball team.
February 3, 2020

Colorado School of Mines students are helping to clean up space junk

A team is designing and building three experimental methods for removing the smallest pieces of space debris.
December 4, 2019

This is what rockfall mitigation and highway cleanup looks like

Matt Morgan, deputy director of the Colorado Geological Survey, talks about rockfalls and rockfall mitigation along Interstate 70.
December 4, 2019