2025 | Colorado School of Mines

An aerial view of Clear Creek in Golden, Colorado, shows crowds lining the banks for the Colorado School of Mines Cardboard Boat Race, with campus athletic fields and the M on the mountainside in the background.

April 18, 2025

Mines students put their engineering skills to the test in the annual Cardboard Boat Race

closeup of copper

August 21, 2025

U.S. already has the critical minerals it needs – but they're being thrown away

Rendered illustration of the USGS Energy and Minerals Research Facility

September 3, 2025

Mines and US Geological Survey expand critical minerals and energy research partnership with new joint facility

Aerial view of Guggenheim building surrounded by trees, set against a backdrop of dry, rolling hills under a clear blue sky.

August 13, 2025

Geoff Brennecka named department head for Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Andy Osborne and Mark Deinert stand in front of a window with campus buildings in the background

December 23, 2025

Muons and machine learning provide new window into sealed nuclear storage casks

November 24, 2025

Jack Bringardner named Fryrear Chair for Innovation and Excellence

Guggenheim Hall with flowering pink trees, Mount Zion and blue sky with clouds

December 8, 2025

Colorado School of Mines announces 2025 Alumni Award recipients

Winning team from the 2025 Fall Capstone Design Showcase

December 15, 2025

Small-scale hydropower system wins top honors at Fall 2025 Capstone Design Showcase

May 12, 2025

Class of 2025 graduates reflect on their undergraduate experience at Mines

A university official in blue and purple regalia hoods a smiling graduate on stage during a Colorado School of Mines commencement ceremony.

May 12, 2025

Graduate students reflect on research, resilience and community at Mines

May 30, 2025

Mines alum brings escape room startup to life with support from campus innovation ecosystem

Reza Hedayat, right, and Farid Shabani stand in a Colorado School of Mines research lab as Shabani holds a mine tailings sample, with lab equipment and a presentation screen in the background.

May 30, 2025

Mines researchers turn mine tailings into high-performance construction materials

Two students in hard hats and safety glasses use a pole-mounted scanner to survey a rock face inside the Edgar Experimental Mine during a Colorado School of Mines geology field session.

July 30, 2025

How Colorado School of Mines is shaping the future of mining

Aerial view of the Energy and Minerals Research Facility under construction on the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden, Colorado, with a tower crane rising above the steel-framed building and the foothills in the background.

September 18, 2025

New Mines-USGS facility will fast-track the nation's critical minerals research

Chris Higgins, a Colorado School of Mines Civil and Environmental Engineering researcher, stands at a PFAS water treatment testing site, leaning on equipment tanks with mobile treatment units in the background.

October 28, 2025

You've been exposed to PFAS. Mines researchers are working to destroy it

Mines graduate student wearing a felt Orediggers cowboy hat with gold tassel listens during commencement, surrounded by fellow graduates in academic regalia.

December 22, 2025

Fall 2025 master's and Ph.D. graduates on their Mines experience

Mines undergraduate students in caps, gowns and honor cords, some wearing Orediggers cowboy hats, stand together awaiting the start of commencement.

December 22, 2025

Fall 2025 Bachelor's graduates on their Mines experience

aerial view of Marv Kay Stadium during football game with Mt. Zion in background

September 2, 2025

A Mines Athletics primer: Everything you need to know about the Orediggers

Student in the crowd at Fall 2025 Midyear Commencement for undergraduate studens

December 19, 2025

Colorado School of Mines celebrates 2025 Midyear Undergraduate Commencement

Pejman Tahmasebi petroleum engineering

November 25, 2025

Emptying aquifers creating sinkholes, economic issues worldwide

ProtoFund project created by graduate student Navdeep Bhusri

December 8, 2025

ProtoFund-Powered: Master's student – a former dentist – creates prototype for 3D facial scanner

Overall first place team at Fall 2025 Cornerstone Design Showcase

December 15, 2025

Cornerstone teams collaborate to re-design, improve existing products

Construction engineering students meet at under construction Beck Venture Center

November 11, 2025

Kiewit Corporation and Bruce Grewcock establish endowed chair to lead construction engineering at Colorado School of Mines

Aerial view of Guggenheim building surrounded by trees, set against a backdrop of dry, rolling hills under a clear blue sky.

October 9, 2025

Mines PhD students win NASA awards for ocean research

Students in the Business Engineering and Management Science (BEMS) undergraduate program

September 29, 2025

Business engineering teaches STEM-minded undergraduates to be industry leaders

Lockheed Martin presents NASA artifact at Mines football game

September 25, 2025

Mines honored with flown space memento from Lockheed Martin Orion leaders

Students and recruiter shake hands at Career Days

September 11, 2025

Recent Colorado School of Mines grads continue to see positive outcomes

Aerial view of Guggenheim building surrounded by trees, set against a backdrop of dry, rolling hills under a clear blue sky.

September 5, 2025

Inside the Colorado School of Mines student research shaping the future of critical minerals

Reza Hedayat wears a lab coat, safety glasses and green gloves next to a large machine in the mine tailings lab.

September 4, 2025

Mine waste offers new path to sourcing critical minerals, sustainable construction materials

A Mines PhD student in safety glasses and a respirator weighs out a sample in a lab.

September 2, 2025

Critical Minerals Week: Mines researchers leading collaborations to increase domestic mining, secure supply chains

Mines@150 campaign impact report cover

August 11, 2025

Campaign Champions’ transformational gifts are elevating Mines students, faculty and programs: Impact Report

Chemistry Associate Professor Michael McGuirk wins NASA Early Career Faculty Award

June 11, 2025

Two Mines faculty members win NASA Early Career Faculty Award

Students working at Labriola Innohub makerspace

July 17, 2025

Record-breaking Campaign for MINES@150 secures $589M

Guggenheim Hall with flowering pink trees, Mount Zion and blue sky with clouds

July 3, 2025

Two Teach@Mines students named to Colorado Future Educator Honor Roll

A group of people wearing hard hats listens to a speaker on site in Colombia talk about concrete waste

December 23, 2025

Colorado School of Mines launches Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program for returned Peace Corps volunteers

students in blue t-shirts walk together on sidewalk with big Mines flag at the front

December 22, 2025

Memorable Mines Moments of 2025: Campaign for MINES@150 breaks records, new provost and more

PhD graduate holds plaque standing between Mines President and Mines Vice President for Research

December 19, 2025

Chemical Engineering PhD wins Fall 2025 Rath Research Award at Graduate Commencement

Aerial view of Guggenheim building surrounded by trees, set against a backdrop of dry, rolling hills under a clear blue sky.

December 16, 2025

Rare earth element technologies developed at Mines licensed by Australian mining company

Mines Womens Club Rugby Team poses with championship banner

December 11, 2025

Orediggers strike gold with first women’s club rugby national championship

A row of college graduates wearing the Mines Hat during Commencement Ceremony

December 15, 2025

2025 Midyear Commencement honors new Mines graduates Dec. 19

Green vehicles move out from Williams Airfield in Antarctica

December 12, 2025

Mission for ancient climate clues beneath 500m of Antarctic ice gets underway

Two male students work on a RC car part at a work bench

December 4, 2025

ProtoFund Powered: Students redesign RC car parts for speed, strength and savings

Group photo behind a statue on University of Guam campus

December 2, 2025

Mines to open additional location on Guam focused on additive manufacturing

Walt Copan sits at a table behind a sign with his name on it speaking

November 21, 2025

Copan testifies before U.S. House committee on mineral and mining innovation

Mines President Paul C. Johnson and ACC President Stephanie J. Fujii sit at table holding mascot plushies

November 19, 2025

Colorado School of Mines and ACC to offer seamless transfer pathway with new Mines Academy at ACC

Ramya Kumar in white lab coat and green gloves inspecting item in the lab

October 14, 2025

Chemical and biological engineering faculty win NIH grants for early career investigators

Lori Tunstall wears a white lab coat and blue gloves and looks at a vial of black material

October 13, 2025

Moore Foundation funds Mines professor to pursue innovative concrete research

Mines ASCE Surveying team wins 2025 competition

July 3, 2025

Mines surveying team takes third in ASCE national competition

Mines Battery Workforce Challenge students electrified a van for the competition.

July 7, 2025

Building on an idea: Battery Workforce Challenge team creates electric vehicle for multi-year competition

George Saunders talks to group of people in library

October 6, 2025

5 Questions with George Saunders: What STEM students asked the acclaimed author and Mines alum

Arthur Lakes Library from above in fall with Mount Zion in background

September 25, 2025

Arthur Lakes Library honored as 2025 Library of the Year by U.S. Government Publishing Office

emissions from multiple smokestacks against a blue sky

September 8, 2025

Lessons from social sciences could move community engagement on industrial decarbonization projects from “public relations” to meaningful impact

two students in protective eyewear and orange earmuffs lean in around translucent glowing plastic box with metal rod through it

September 5, 2025

Mines researchers contributing to $5M DOE center to design impact-resistant materials

students wearing hardhats lift rocks during m climb

August 18, 2025

2025 M Climb: New Orediggers set to ascend Golden’s Mount Zion on Aug. 22

five men in safety orange hold metal tube holding final core from IODP³-NSF Expedition 501

August 6, 2025

Offshore phase of international expedition looking at fresh water under ocean floor wraps up

Matt Morgan poses with award with AASG President

June 20, 2025

Matt Morgan honored with national award for service to geosciences

group of students in hard hats pose with rocket in gravel lot

June 13, 2025

Mines student club sends 2-stage rocket into record books

collage image of two female Mines students

June 3, 2025

2 Mines students awarded Fulbright Scholarships to conduct research abroad