Undergraduate

After learning about the history, politics and economics of recycling in Colombia, a group of eleven students traveled to Bogota, Colombia during Spring Break to meet the women in person and test their assumptions and ideas on the ground.

Colorado School of Mines celebrated its Spring 2023 Undergraduate Commencement on May 12, conferring a total of 1,004 bachelor’s degrees during three ceremonies at Lockridge Arena.

Teams in the Spring 2023 Cornerstone Design Competition worked to find creative and innovative ways to solve issues related to water, like drought, floods, overconsumption and pollution.

The students were part of the Human-Centered Design Studio, where teams create adaptive equipment for people with disabilities.

Andrea Wescott Passman ‘98, chief operating officer of Caerus, will give the keynote address at Undergraduate Commencement on May 12.

Colorado School of Mines students from across departments and majors shared the projects they’ve been working on at the annual Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, a two-day event that showcases some of the best work being done at Mines.

Two of the three winning papers in the Rewilding the Colorado River Contest came from Mines sophomores.

Colorado School of Mines students now have a state-approved pathway to become science and math teachers – including the first university program in Colorado licensed to prepare computer science educators at the K-12 level.

Colorado School of Mines is training the next generation of biological engineers who are skilled in both bioscience and computer science via the new undergraduate degree program.

“The complexity and scope of this mission is a good demonstration of the breadth of research going on in the Physics Department and at Mines as a whole,” Professor Lawrence Wiencke said.