Nurses throw surprise graduation for Colorado School of Mines senior diagnosed with cancer

Nurses at University of Colorado Hospital performed a graduation ceremony for David Boylan, a chemical engineering major, who was planning to attend commencement ceremonies at Mines before a surprise diagnosis of leukemia less than one week before ....
May 21, 2026

Colorado School of Mines students face off in annual boat races

Segment spotlights Mines' annual cardboard boat race where hundreds gathered to watch students with crafts big and small, fast and slow, attempt a few rapids in mighty Clear Creek in Golden with just some cardboard and duct tape between them and the icy water.
April 18, 2026

Much-needed snow falls in Colorado

A CBS crew out in the spring snow happened a few hundred Mines students walking in the annual Ore Cart Pull, including a student playing a piano on a U-Haul trailer being pulled by his friends.
April 17, 2026

Challenge to Colorado School of Mines students brings answers to big problems with wildfire mitigation

Lia Franklin, acting director of the McNeil Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, discusses the Innov8x Biomass Challenge where teams competed to learn who had the best plan for dealing with the bushes and trees removed to reduce wildfire risk.
April 8, 2026

Colorado School of Mines graduate, pro racecar driver returns to campus to give back to students

Sabre Cook, 2017 mechanical engineering graduate, returns to Mines to talk to students about her car racing career. Cook says what she learned as a mechanical engineering student helps her better understand, and discuss with her race team, the mechanics of how her car is performing in competitions.
September 4, 2025

Denver to look at nuclear option for power at Denver International Airport

Thomas Albrecht, professor of chemistry and Grandey Chair in Nuclear Science and Engineering, discusses Denver International Airport's feasibility study focused on using a small modular nuclear reactor to power the airport.
August 6, 2025

After 6 week course at Mines, high school teachers show off their robots

Colorado high school teachers demonstrate their newly-learned robotics skills after completing a 6 week course at Mines on robotics and AI.
July 25, 2025

Students at Colorado School of Mines develop new application to help visually impaired

Hapware, an application developed by Mines students and alums, is designed to allow persons who are visually impaired or neuro-diverse to be able to interpret facial expressions. Hapware utilizes a camera installed in glasses and a vibrating wristband.
July 7, 2025

Students face off in cardboard boat races in Colorado School of Mines 91st Engineering Days

CBS4 spotlighted the annual Mines' Cardboard Boat Race. This year the race benefitted from great weather, bringing out an especially big crowd for the engineering competition.
April 12, 2025

Tensions grown between U.S. and Canada over tariffs

John Jechura, professor of Practice, Chemical and Biological Engineering, is quoted in this story examining the implications of new tariff's being placed on petroleum products from Canada. Jechura said that the tariffs make it possible Coloradans ....
March 9, 2025