Mines receives grant to enhance mine rescue training

Mines has been awarded $240,024 from the Mine Safety and Health Administration to enhance training and emergency preparedness of its mine rescue teams. This is Mines' eighth year being awarded a portion of the MSHA's annual Brookwood-Sago grant ....
October 13, 2016

Mines partners with Vartega to change carbon fiber recycling

Colorado School of Mines hosted an open house celebration of its recently inaugurated partnership with Vartega Carbon Fiber Recycling LLC. Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Jason Porter has been working closely with Andrew Maxey, Vartega ....
October 12, 2016

Wiggins provides insight on the economic, environmental value of solar panels

Division of Economics and Business Visiting Professor Seth Wiggins, who specializes in resource economics, contributed to the WalletHub.com story, “Are Solar Panels Worth It? Experts Pick Sides.” From the story: "Yes, solar panels are worth it. They ....
October 5, 2016

ADAPT featured in ColoradoBiz Magazine and Innovation News

Picking up our story of Governor Hickenlooper's tour of the ADAPT advanced characterization center, ColoradoBiz Magazine featured the research center in its coverage of Manufacturing Day in Colorado. The same story was featured in Innovation News ....
October 4, 2016

CGS's Paul Morgan weighs in on geothermal energy and Mars colonization

A recent article in Forbes explores the future of humanity in the context of colonizing Mars, suggesting that a long-term energy source is necessary is required for mankind's survival on the red planet. Colorado Geological Survey geothermal geologist ....
September 30, 2016

CEE Research Associate Professor Andrea Blaine featured in Science Mag and Science Daily

Could excess water from oil and gas operations help farmers and reduce seismicity? Dr. Andrea Blaine and her student researchers from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado School of Mines aim to answer that question. Here ....
September 29, 2016

The Denver Post looks to Higgins in story on PFCs in Colorado watersheds.

The latest government well test data show PFCs have contaminated groundwater throughout the Fountain Creek watershed, nearly as far south as Pueblo, at levels up to five times higher than the Environmental Protection Agency health advisory limit of ....
September 25, 2016

Colorado Energy Research Collaboratory delivers massive return on investment

The Colorado Energy Research Collaboratory delivered a massive return on investment over the course of eight years, according to an economic impact report released on September 1, 2016. The Collaboratory is a clean energy research consortium of which ....
September 21, 2016

Associate Professor Chris Higgins quoted in analysis of PFOA in Pennsylvania.

In a story analyzing a possible cancer cluster in the three communities surrounding the former Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, the current Horsham Air Guard Station and the former Naval Air Warfare Center, The Intelligencer turned ....
September 19, 2016

Mines ranks in U.S. News and World Report 2016 Best Colleges

The annual U.S. News and World report of the nation's best colleges ranked Mines as #82. According to The Denver Channel, the ranking by U.S. News and World focuses on academic excellence and emphasizes student outcomes, including graduation and ....
September 16, 2016

Confluent Medical Technologies Provides $100,000 Gift to Mines to Advance Additive Manufacturing

Confluent Medical Technologies is partnering with the Colorado School of Mines and the Alliance for the Development of Additive Processing Technologies ( ADAPT) program to advance additive manufacturing methods. Confluent Medical Technologies has ....
September 14, 2016

Osgood interviewed by WPR on political history in academia

A recent NYT opinion piece co-authored by Liberal Arts and International Studies Professor Ken Osgood and Harvard history professor Fredrik Lovegall has led to an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio. The topic is the integration of history ....
September 9, 2016