Stan Hickory, director of the McNeil Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, said that pre-COVID the startup ecosystem was wonderful but that COVID decimated it, and it’s taken a long time to recover.

More than 1,000 new students climbed Mount Zion, carrying hometown rocks as part of a century-old tradition.

In this yearly tradition that began in 1908, first-year students don hard hats and carry 10-pound rocks from their hometowns up to the "M" on the mountainside, which overlooks the Mines campus.

Freshman Drew Dumbaugh told Fox31 he was jumping up and down with excitement to be able to participate in the annual "M" Climb up Mount Zion.

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, discusses the Interior Department's approval of the nation’s first Tribal Energy Resource Agreement.

Paul Santi, professor of geology and geological engineering, said the larger the fire, the more watersheds that it’s covering, the more gullies, the more canyons that it has burned, the higher chance you'll have with these debris flows.

Sarah Friswold Atwood, director of Residence Life, discusses the opening of the Lookout Apartments, the university's new sophomore housing option.

Paul C. Johnson, Mines president, and Kray Luxbacher, executive director at the School of Mining Engineering & Mineral Resources, shared the table with President Trump at the announcement of new funding for mining education.

Paul C. Johnson, Mines president, told President Trump that the country's expertise has atrophied over time, particularly in the critical minerals processing space.

Paul C. Johnson, Mines president, spoke at the Washington D.C. meeting on August 7, 2026 where President Trump announced the new funding.

Mines is expected to receive $32.7 million for a new critical minerals hub and additional funds focused on mining education.

Aaron Malone, research assistant professor in mining engineering, published a case study on Eagle’s reception by locals last year. He said that over the 12 years it has operated, most local have come to accept the Eagle Mine.