Economics & Entrepreneurship

A team of students from Colorado School of Mines has been selected by NASA to participate in the University Student Research Challenge (USRC), an initiative designed to engage university teams in real

Many Orediggers are putting their Mines education to work by contributing to greentech research and development. They’re motivated by different reasons: Some like the challenge of solving technical problems or want to do their part to protect the environment. Others enjoy the fast-moving, all-hands-on-deck atmosphere of a startup.

Since opening to the campus community in February 2024, the InnoHub has established itself as the go-to place on campus for student-led collaborations, student maker-oriented clubs and project-based competition teams.

The inaugural fund, Mines Venture Fund 1, provides startup capital to entrepreneurs and innovators with ties to Colorado School of Mines.

Economics and Business' Ian Lange leads a federal subcommittee to examine the role of critical metals in transitional energy sources.

The partnership between Mines and Maybell Quantum grew out of their joint participation in Elevate Quantum, a Mountain West consortium that was awarded $41 million in federal funding and $84 million in state support with the mission to secure the U.S.’ lead in quantum technology.

Mines Assistant Professor Maxwell Brown among the coauthors of the new findings, published in the journal Science

Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, has made a financial gift to Colorado School of Mines’ burgeoning Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem.

For companies like GelSana Therapeutics, Mines is helping solutions developed in the lab find a path to market.

Chris Tolton and Ken Liang, who also founded space startup Orbital Mining Corp., developed power storage and transmission solutions for lunar exploration.