How microplastic research in Denver’s South Platte River can help a first-of-its-kind study

Anne Marie Mozrall, PhD candidate in civil and environmental engineering, says that although awareness of microplastics as a potential health concern has grown, there are still lots of gaps in understanding where they come from and the effects they ....
May 14, 2026

Colorado School of Mines students on the hunt for microplastics lurking in Denver's South Platte

Anne Marie Mozrall, PhD candidate in civil and environmental engineering, is leading a study looking at microplastics that have found their way into the South Platte River.
May 13, 2026

EPA 'forever chemicals' guidance highlights areas where more research is needed

Christopher Higgins, AMAX Distinguished Chair and professor of civil and environmental engineering, says big conversations are being had on the best ways to handle PFAS. Higgins is the director of the new PFAS Remedial Technology Engineering Center.
May 13, 2026

Climate change starts a new clock on Colorado’s river runoff, study says

A new study in Nature Water by Adrienne Marshall, assistant professor of geology and geological engineering, and Steven Smith, associate professor of economics and business, provides insight into how climate change is impacting senior and junior water rights holders.
May 13, 2026

The impacts of the Iran War on coal

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authored this article that examines how the Iran war is pushing Asian countries back toward the utilization of coal as an energy source.
May 12, 2026

Colorado looks to secure its place in the critical minerals industry with expanding partnership

Andrew Lattanner, director of federal relations, discusses Mines' new critical minerals partnership with the National Lab of the Rockies.
May 12, 2026

Guam's best-kept secret could soon be most important factory for the US Navy

Colorado School of Mines is partnering in Guam with the Applied Science and Technology Research Organization of America (ASTRO) and the University of Guam to build a pipeline of locally trained mechanical engineers.
May 12, 2026

Contamination, climate change and political drama stall clean water for Colorado’s Arkansas Valley

This article is authored by Lucas Bessire, professor of anthropology and co-director of the Center for Ethnography at Mines.
May 11, 2026

Command of the interconnect: The hidden infrastructure war beneath artificial intelligence

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, warns that the United States' AI ambitions could be restrained by a shortage of a little-known semiconductor material, indium phosphide.
May 11, 2026

Building up the quantum workforce: an undergraduate route into industry

Mines' new undergraduate degree program in Quantum Systems Engineering will welcome its first cohort of students this fall.
May 11, 2026

Is the South Platte River full of microplastics? This Ph.D candidate is finding out

Ann Marie Mozrall, PhD candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is researching the presence of microplastics in the South Platte River.
May 8, 2026

Military’s selection of Buckley base as possible site for nuclear microreactor spurs questions in Aurora

Thomas Albrecht, professor of chemistry and the director of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, explains that microreactors use nowhere near the amount of water that traditional and much bigger nuclear power plants require.
May 7, 2026