Research & Innovation

Adrienne Marshall hydrology research

August 5, 2026

Adrienne Marshall wins NSF CAREER Award for study of Western snowpack

Jihye Kim, Jaeheon Lee and Corby Anderson

August 4, 2026

Mines metallurgists turning waste into valuable critical minerals

Lawrence Cho, Megan Holtz and Jihye Kim

July 23, 2026

3 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering professors win NSF CAREER Awards

Jen Shafer works in a glove box in the Radiochemistry Lab

July 22, 2026

Mines selected for 2 Genesis Mission projects to apply AI to critical mineral exploration, nuclear energy

Sebnem Duzgun, Elizabeth Holley and Aaron Goodman

July 21, 2026

Meet 3 Mines researchers changing the rules for critical minerals exploration in the U.S.

Photo showing the impacts of drought

July 20, 2026

Climate change made this year’s snow drought in the Western U.S. four times more likely, new Colorado School of Mines study finds

Protofund students John-Austin Little and Austin Arvidson work on their acoustic levitation device FUSE

July 15, 2026

ProtoFund Powered: Students design fast, efficient system to research new materials

President Paul C. Johnson smiling in his office.

July 14, 2026

Five questions on critical minerals with Mines President Paul C. Johnson

visualization of flows coming into the reverse sprinkler using particles and false colored.

July 13, 2026

Mines researcher helps put “silly sprinklers” in reverse to unravel decades-old physics puzzle

Alex Pak standing in front of a display board

July 2, 2026

Alexander Pak wins NSF CAREER Award to apply computational tools to study protein complexes

melissa krebs working in a lab

June 12, 2026

From lab to market: How a Mines professor is redefining diabetic wound care

Andrew Miller, Director of Startup Success at Colorado School of Mines

June 9, 2026

Andrew Miller named Director of Startup Success at Mines’ Beck Venture Center