Mines shifts academic structure to college system

UPDATE: Oct. 17, 2012 – Names of the second and third colleges have been announced. The College of Applied Science and Engineering (CASE) encompasses Chemistry and Geochemistry, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, and Physics. The College of Earth Resource Sciences and Engineering (CERSE) will encompass Economics and Business, Geology and Geological Engineering, Geophysics, Liberal Arts and International Studies, Mining Engineering, and Petroleum Engineering.

 

These are the best Colorado colleges, according to Money magazine

Colorado School of Mines was the only Colorado university to receive 4.5 stars or make any of Money magazine’s “best of” lists. in Money's latest ranking, Mines was recognized as one of the best colleges in the west as well as one of the best public colleges in the U.S.
July 31, 2025

CSU records largest-ever waveform resulting from earthquake near Russia

Enrique Chon, a geologist with the Colorado Geological Survey located at Colorado School of Mines, explains why it's so difficult to predict the size of a tsunami. The wave generated by the recent Russian earthquake wasn't nearly as big as feared.
July 30, 2025

Google failed to warn 10 million of Turkey earthquake severity

Elizabeth Reddy, assistant professor in the Department of Engineering, Design and Society, is quoted expressing her disappointment that Google's earthquake early warning system failed to accurately alert people during Turkey's deadly quake of 2023.
July 28, 2025

Washington is jumping into rare earths. Investors have run the other way.

Rod Eggert, research professor of Economics and Business, says that the likelihood of any of the new U.S. rare earth projects reaching the production stage is low because of the challenges inherent in the arena.
July 26, 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

Trump’s critical minerals obsession reignites deep-sea mining

Corby Anderson, professor of mining engineering, said in terms of deep sea mining for critical minerals the U.S. is decades behind China, and it’s going to be very hard to catch up.
July 21, 2025

How China created a chokehold on the rare earths industry

Rod Eggert, research professor of economics and business, explains that China's attempt to clean up the mining and processing of rare earths ironically resulted in a black market for less expensive rare earths that were smuggled out of the country. These smuggled rare earths were obtained and processed with little regard for the environment.
July 18, 2025

Bifrost Electronics: $2.5 million seed raised for advancing quantum amplifier technology

Mines doctoral student Connor Denney and recent Mines graduate Logan Pauli are among the founders of a new firm focused on making quantum amplifiers. The company will soon move to Quantum Commons, a 70-acre business park in Arvada managed by the consortium Elevate Quantum.
July 17, 2025

Department of Defense directly invests in U.S.-based rare earth mining company

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, says the U.S. government's decision to invest in creating a domestic supply chain for rare earth minerals is a game changer.
July 16, 2025
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