Even University Presidents Lose Their Minds When Their Teens Apply to College

Richard Holz filled out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the Fafsa, for his two daughters. Like many parents, he found the process baffling. “It’s like they want to know your shoe size,” says Dr. Holz. “They want to know so much ....
November 29, 2022

Auto Makers Ask Congress for Easier Path to Electric-Vehicle Tax Break

"There is and remains a total domination by China on the processing side,” said Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute and professor at the Colorado School of Mines. “It’s definitely not changing in the short term. That would be a decadal ....
August 4, 2022

Now Hiring: Industry Jobs for the New Space Age

Angel Abbud-Madrid, director of the Center for Space Resources at the Colorado School of Mines, discusses the "living off the land" approach to space exploration in this Wall Street Journal podcast episode.
May 31, 2022

Wooden Skyscrapers are on the Rise

“We need to find a way to make these buildings earthquake-resistant, since it’s a new building type, and nobody’s ever done this before,” says Shiling Pei, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the Colorado School of Mines and ....
April 11, 2022

Projects to Capture Carbon Emissions Get New Boost Despite Dismal Record

Globally, industries will have to raise carbon-capture capacity by a factor of 50 to 100 times over what is in the development pipeline to achieve what the International Energy Agency estimates is needed to reach “net-zero” carbon emissions by 2070 ....
February 7, 2022

Biden’s Welcome Hypocrisy on Climate Policy

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute and professor of public policy at the Colorado School of Mines, co-wrote this opinion piece with Ted Nordhaus, founder and executive director of the Breakthrough Institute.
August 26, 2021

VIDEO: NASA Seeks Water on the Moon to Fuel Its Mission to Get Humans to Mars

"Water is the oil of space," said George Sowers, a professor of space resources at Colorado School of Mines.
March 29, 2021