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.

 

Small modular nuclear reactors are having a moment. Will they arrive in time for Pueblo?

Mark Jensen, director of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Program, explains why small modular nuclear reactors would have a lower risk of meltdown than traditional reactors.
September 15, 2025

What giant 'secret fresh water' deposits off US coast could mean for drinking water

Brandon Dugan, professor and associate department head of geophysics and Baker Hughes Chair in Petrophysics and Borehole Geophysics, discusses why finding fresh water under the ocean could matter to communities around the globe.
September 13, 2025

How the U.S. will break China’s rare earth dominance—and how to play it

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, says the public/private partnership that has formed around the firm MP, the largest U.S.-based rare earth company, is a game changer.
September 12, 2025

Researchers search for new sources of fresh water in unexpected places

Brandon Dugan, professor and associate department head of geophysics, is the co-chief scientist on Expedition 501, an international research expedition that found fresh water under the ocean floor off the coast of New England this summer.
September 12, 2025

Scientists discover fresh water reserve under seafloor off of Cape Cod

Brandon Dugan,  professor of geophysics at Colorado School of Mines, joined WBUR's All Things Considered to discuss the eureka moment of discovering a massive reserve of fresh water under the ocean floor off the coast of Cape Cod this summer.
September 11, 2025

San Lazaro mobile home park turns to natural fixes for undrinkable water

Chris Higgins, professor of civil and environmental engineering, is quoted about the discovery of PFAS in Boulder County.
September 9, 2025

Scientists say fresh water under the ocean could help alleviate water scarcity

Brandon Dugan, professor of geophysics, discusses his research on the presence of fresh water trapped under the ocean.
September 9, 2025

Envisioning a neutrino laser

Kyle Leach, professor of physics, authors this article that considers a new type of laser that would use a beam of neutrinos instead of light.
September 8, 2025

This laser would shoot beams of neutrinos, not light

Kyle Leach, professor of physics, says there would be a huge payoff if scientists could accomplish their goal of creating a neutrino laser.
September 8, 2025
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