Student awards


U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, the long-time congressman for Colorado's 7th District, was the distinguished speaker at today's ceremony. A total of 277 Orediggers were granted bachelor's degrees — including 11 members of the Mines football team playing in the NCAA DII Football Championship Game on Saturday.
Student teams worked on projects that addressed environmental, social problems associated with waste
The National Association of State Land Reclamationists (NASLR) has selected Adam Keating, a master’s student in the Natural Resources and Energy Policy program at Colorado School of Mines, to receive its 2022 President’s Award.
This is the 10th year in a row that Mines has received either a Chapter of Excellence or Most Outstanding Chapter honor from Material Advantage.
An efficient ammonia fuel reformer for the decarbonization of heavy industry was the winner of the first-ever Mines Global Energy Future Initiative Innov8x Challenge.
A team from Colorado School of Mines took top honors at the American Society of Civil Engineers' national surveying competition, besting 12 collegiate engineering teams from the U.S. and India. The
Colorado School of Mines celebrated its Spring 2022 Undergraduate Commencement on May 13, conferring a total of 927 bachelor’s degrees during three in-person ceremonies at Lockridge Arena.
Winning the semester-long design challenge – and the $1,000 grand prize – was a solution to improve the computer user experience for older individuals.
The prestigious program — the oldest continuous graduate fellowship of its kind — provides three years of support for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated potential for significant achievements in the STEM disciplines.
Paul Varosy, a junior majoring in engineering physics at Colorado School of Mines, has been awarded a 2022-23 Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most prestigious STEM scholarships for undergraduate students.