Colorado School of Mines researchers patent new process to destroy harmful PFAS "forever chemicals"

"Ultimately that would kind of close the cycle and actually remove PFAS from the environment, and not just transfer it somewhere where it has a chance to escape again in the future," said Timothy Strathmann, a civil and environmental engineering ....
April 13, 2023

EPA announces plans to regulate toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" for the first time, dozens of Colorado water systems affected

"I think it's a very important first step," said Dr. Christopher Higgins, a civil and environmental engineering professor at the Colorado School of Mines who has been studying PFAS for years. "The reality is these compounds have been used in so many ....
March 15, 2023

Colorado Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen: green energy a priority in tour of Colorado School of Mines

The focus was on green energy as Colorado Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen took a tour of the Colorado School of Mines in Golden. While there, the Democrat representing Colorado's 7th Congressional District talked about developing the workforce in renewable energy.
March 14, 2023

Police in Colorado use augmented reality to help officers work through scenarios

The Colorado School of Mines Police Department was one of the first in the nation to work with a local company to fine-tune augmented reality software to help officers work through unlimited scenarios.
January 30, 2023

The risk for earthquakes in Colorado is low but still there

Colorado has between 50 and 70 earthquakes every year, said Matt Morgan, Colorado state geologist and director of the Colorado Geological Survey. Monday was the 140th anniversary of the largest quake to ever hit Colorado.
November 7, 2022

Colorado School of Mines incoming class march up Mount Zion in over hundred-year-long tradition

Hundreds of new students at the Colorado School of Mines are marching up Mount Zion in Golden in a tradition dating back to 1908.
August 19, 2022

‘Win For Sustainability And Colorado’: Solid Power To Begin Delivering Electric Vehicle Batteries For Testing

Colin Wolden, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at Mines, said, “Lithium-ion battery production is dominated in Asia and this is a real chance to relocate that important industry here to the United States, and Colorado.”
June 7, 2022

Wednesday's Child: Meet Kaleb

Ryan Eto '21, coach of the Mines men's club basketball team, shoots some hoops with Kaleb in Lockridge Arena.
April 6, 2022

USGS Getting $167 Million For New Research Building In Golden

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland helped make the official announcement on Friday at the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden
February 18, 2022

Colorado School Of Mines Freshmen, 2nd Year Students Trek Up Mount Zion For ‘M’ Tradition After 1-Year Hiatus

The Colorado School Of Mines freshman class trekked up Mount Zion for an annual tradition that dates back more than a century.
August 25, 2021