Students at the Colorado School of Mines and Arapahoe Community College are working together on building an advanced battery for electric vehicles for the global automaker of Dodge and Jeep -- Stellantis.

Executive Vice President of Colorado School of Mines Kirsten Volpi says the project will fill a need for employees, while strengthening the school. "In order to be able to help with retention to help recruit more diverse faculty in particular women ....

Students who attend the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, showcased their skills and building talents for the annual "Engineering Day."

"Ultimately that would kind of close the cycle and actually remove PFAS from the environment, and not just transfer it somewhere where it has a chance to escape again in the future," said Timothy Strathmann, a civil and environmental engineering ....

"I think it's a very important first step," said Dr. Christopher Higgins, a civil and environmental engineering professor at the Colorado School of Mines who has been studying PFAS for years. "The reality is these compounds have been used in so many ....

The focus was on green energy as Colorado Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen took a tour of the Colorado School of Mines in Golden. While there, the Democrat representing Colorado's 7th Congressional District talked about developing the workforce in renewable energy.

The Colorado School of Mines Police Department was one of the first in the nation to work with a local company to fine-tune augmented reality software to help officers work through unlimited scenarios.

Colorado has between 50 and 70 earthquakes every year, said Matt Morgan, Colorado state geologist and director of the Colorado Geological Survey. Monday was the 140th anniversary of the largest quake to ever hit Colorado.

Hundreds of new students at the Colorado School of Mines are marching up Mount Zion in Golden in a tradition dating back to 1908.

Colin Wolden, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at Mines, said, “Lithium-ion battery production is dominated in Asia and this is a real chance to relocate that important industry here to the United States, and Colorado.”