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Apr
23
2013
Mines' Engineers Without Borders group builds footbridge in Nicaragua
By Taylor PolodnaThe Oredigger A group of Mines students, representing Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA), travelled down to Nicaragua to the small community of Los Gomez to complete a pedestrian footbridge over the frequently flooded Rio NewsMar
21
2013
Mines students, alumni, do good work in Brazilian slums
A group of current and former Mines students traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, over spring break to work on home construction and in the schools of area favelas (slums). “Our main project was to build relationships within Complexo do Alemao,” NewsJan
18
2013
NPR's Deborah Amos visits Mines
National Public Radio (NPR) Foreign Correspondent Deborah Amos shared experiences and insights from covering the Arab Spring in a special lecture of the Hennebach Program in the Humanities at Colorado School of Mines, Jan. 17, 2013. Amos’ NewsAug
30
2012
College dean focuses on sustainable infrastructure
When Kevin Moore was a young associate professor at Idaho State University, he used to wear a tie to off-campus research team meetings. One day a colleague asked, “Kevin, why do you always wear a tie to these meetings?” Someone joked, “That’s NewsApr
27
2012