News Archive
Mar
22
2013
Profs. Jackson, Kee and Berger write Denver Post column on the need for critical research
Mines' mechanical engineering professors discuss how critical university research is to industrially-relevent products -- specifically the troublesome litium-ion batteries powering Boeing's Dreamliner 787 aircraft. Mines in the 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
19
2013
Mines to host Carbon Management Research Symposium March 27-28
GOLDEN, Colo., March 19, 2013 – Colorado School of Mines will host a two-day symposium focused on research involving carbon management March 27-28. The 2013 Carbon Management Research Symposium will provide an opportunity for Mines students, along Press ReleaseMar
18
2013
Mines bids farewell to athletics leadership, launches national search
GOLDEN, Colo., March 18, 2013 – Tom Spicer, Colorado School of Mines’ director of athletics since 2004, has resigned his position with the university to become director of athletics at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colo. Coincidentally Press ReleaseMar
15
2013
The Golden Transcript reports on the mining games
“'It’s going to be huge,' organizer, competitor and CSM graduate student Patty Capistrant said." Mines in the NewsMar
15
2013
The Denver Post features the International Intercollegiate Mining Games at Mines
Colorado School of Mines hosted the 35th Annual International Intercollegiate Mining Games March 13-17, 2013. Mines in the 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
13
2013
Game changer: Hybrid energy for mines
In an effort to develop energy self-reliance for mining operations, Colorado School of Mines Mining Engineering Professor Masami Nakagawa is leading a feasibility study for solar-wind hybrid power generation for the fourth largest silver mine in the NewsMar
12
2013
Mines ranks in U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools”
GOLDEN, Colo., March 12, 2013 – Colorado School of Mines ranks 57th in U.S. News and World Report’s 2014 ranking of engineering graduate schools, an increase from last year's ranking of 63. Several of Mines’ graduate programs also ranked highly, Press ReleaseMar
07
2013
Braking I-70's slow slide
A slow, persistent landslide is undermining a short section of I-70, about a mile from the highest point on the nation’s Interstate Highway System. Finding a solution is a conundrum that one Mines professor is helping to unravel. Two summers ago on NewsPages
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