Chris Higgins, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Colorado School of Mines, was among the experts interviewed for this piece about what makes PFAS chemicals extremely useful—and extremely hard to get rid of.

At most summer camps, there is no need for attendees to put on safety googles and a protective jacket for any of the activities. But the Full STEM Ahead camp held at Colorado School of Mines earlier this month isn’t like most other camps.

"They're using tunnel boring machine technology which is very similar to what i see used throughout the industry," said Mike Mooney, Grewcock Chair Professor of Underground Construction & Tunneling at Colorado School of Mines. "The unique thing about ....

The idea is especially dear to ice experts, said Matthew Siegfried, a glaciologist at the Colorado School of Mines, at the workshop. To really understand what’s happening to the Antarctic ice sheet, scientists need to collect data from sites all ....

But instead of forcing the issue with “sticks,” the administration might try to get the Iranians back to the table with “carrots,” Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines, told Equilibrium.

“You see more and more communities running out of options—especially inland communities,” which are pumping their aquifers dry, said Tzahi Y. Cath, a civil engineer at the Colorado School of Mines who is helping Colorado Springs directly recycle its ....

Today, Mines is highly ranked in engineering, science, energy and environmental studies, and math, and it’s the toughest state university in Colorado to get into, with fewer than half of its applicants accepted.

Morgan Bazilian, director of Colorado-based Payne Institute for Public Policy, said Washington was much more likely to be a partner now than in the Trump era, but was still "pretty far from being fully on board."

M. Stephen Enders, head of the Colorado School of Mines’ Mining Engineering Department, said it’s unlikely that the United States could ever become a leading nickel producer due to a lack of reserves.

Ben Gilbert, assistant professor of economics and research fellow at the Colorado School of Mines’ Payne Institute, co-wrote this opinion piece with colleagues at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.