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Ain’t no mountain high enough: New Mines students make annual ‘M’ Climb

Even the August heat and the long trek up Lookout Mountain Road wasn’t going to stop about 1,700 college students from leaving their mark on their new university.
August 19, 2024
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Tim Meyer

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From Mines to the mountaintops: M Climb welcomes new students to campus

Colorado School of Mines welcomed 1,774 first-year and transfer students in traditional Mines fashion on Friday morning. Eager to attend the school and elevate their academic careers, the students had to first make their way up a physical elevation ....
August 16, 2024

As La Niña strengthens, forecasters warn of a potential return to drought

Nathan Lenssen, a climate scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Colorado School of Mines, said he’s hopeful La Niña won’t lead to another year of drought for California, especially given the explosive wildfires already ....
August 16, 2024

Uncharted waters: Aurora's unique bid for gold mine water hits head waves

"In the mining process you are taking things that are happily buried in the ground, isolated from the atmosphere and when they hit oxygen, there goes the chemical reaction," said Rich Wanty, a research professor at Colorado School of Mines, noting ....
August 11, 2024

New forms of steel for stronger, lighter cars

“It’s all about playing tricks with the steel,” says John Speer, director of the Advanced Steel Processing and Products Research Center at the Colorado School of Mines.
August 5, 2024

Global water scarcity: Lessons for Latin America

Pablo Chevesich Garcia, research assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, wrote this Spanish-language article about the water crisis in Latin America.
August 1, 2024

First single crystal structure of actinium shows unexpected coordination behaviour

Thomas Albrecht-Schoenzart, an actinide chemist at the Colorado School of Mines, US, welcomed the ‘key information’ the research provided for future anticancer therapies. ‘Moreover, the differences between its binding and that of La 3+ underscores ....
July 22, 2024

Harris expected to campaign on Biden administration's energy, climate record

One area of opportunity for Harris on mining issues, if elected, may lie in advancing US mineral interests abroad, said Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute and professor of public policy at the Colorado School of Mines.
July 22, 2024