Showing 'Students' News
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,” NewsMar
13
2013
The best gigs on campus
From the intellectual to the adventurous, students employed by Mines report that, along with a paycheck, their work provides balance, fun and intellectual stimulation. Having access to a deep pool of driven, high-achieving young men and women is NewsMar
05
2013
Mines hosts Petroleum Institute students, faculty for design forum
The Fifth International Design Competition and Forum held earlier this year as part of a research initiative between Colorado School of Mines and The Petroleum Institute, of Abu Dhabi, UAE, aimed to develop curriculum and pedagogy for engineering NewsJan
29
2013
Mines receives new safety technology from MineARC, Inc.
A new, permanent refuge chamber for Colorado School of Mines’ Edgar Experimental Mine is the latest in mine safety rescue technology and training. The MineARC Refuge Chamber is capable of sustaining as many as 20 people for 36 hours in relative NewsJan
21
2013
Mines kicks off week celebrating diversity
Colorado School of Mines kicked off Delta Days, a week celebrating and promoting diversity, January 21. The week began observing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a faculty and staff breakfast. At the event, three members of the Mines community were 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’ NewsJan
03
2013
Online documentary features Mines student
NewsDec
06
2012
Renewable energy lessons from the real world
As it’s often said, the real world can be the best classroom. That’s precisely the idea behind an assignment students in Teaching Professor Chuck Stone’s ENGY 320 Renewable Energy course received: to individually design their own field trips to NewsNov
16
2012