Federal funding to boost educational programs for mining industry, including School of Mines
Mines was one of the mining schools nationally that received funding to boost mining education.
August 7, 2026
Exploration phase companies challenged by labor shortage
Stephen Enders, professor emeritus of practice in mining engineering, said "the cool kids study mining now." He noted that students majoring in mining engineering has more than doubled at Mines.
August 7, 2026
Urban landscapes can boost storms—or break them up
Xinxin Sui, a post-doctoral researcher at Mines, and her colleagues painstakingly separated and classified individual storms from 23 years’ worth of high-resolution radar data.
August 6, 2026
School of Mines researcher urges facts in data center debate
Maxwell Brown, assistant professor in economics and business, is interviewed about the controversy around the construction of new data centers.
August 5, 2026
Climate change made the West’s snow drought far more likely—but it’s still not the new normal
Adrienne Marshall, a computational hydrologist and assistant professor in geology/geological engineering, discusses her new drought study.
August 3, 2026
Guam 3D printing factory to reach full operating capacity by February
Colorado School of Mines' has an additive manufacturing-focused partnership with the University of Guam.
August 2, 2026
Months after Pemex gas well accident in Mexico, health and pollution concerns grow
Mikhail Zhizhin, a researcher at the Earth Observation Group at Mines, estimated that 300 million cubic meters of gas were flared at the well between March and July 2026, about equal to half the natural gas consumed by Mexican households in 2023.
July 31, 2026
Douglas County commissioners exploring possibility of small nuclear reactors
Jenifer Shafer, the Ben L. Fryrear Presidential Chair and professor in the Chemistry Department and Nuclear Science & Engineering Program, predicts that Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) will become an important part of the nation's energy infrastructure ....
July 31, 2026
Resolution Copper Establishes $54 Million Tribal Trust
Richard Luarkie, director of the Native American Mining and Energy Sovereignty Program at the Payne Institute, said the Trust reflects what is possible when consultation leads to sustained collaboration.
July 30, 2026
Federal biotech commission examines Colorado’s role in critical minerals production
The National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology met at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden to take a deep dive into the critical minerals arena.