Mineral collection worth $3.2M donated to Geology Museum A show-stopping collection of minerals valued at $3.2 million has been donated to the Mines Geology Museum. The 27 specimens — remarkable for their pristine condition, color and crystal form — com …
Mines leading effort to develop continental water model for all Hydrologists and computer scientists at 7 U.S. institutions led by Colorado School of Mines are teaming up to increase access to state-of-the-science water modeling tools. Understanding the moveme …
Structural modeling, restoration software donated to Mines Colorado School of Mines geology students and faculty now have access to advanced software for structural modeling and restoration, thanks to an educational license gift from Petroleum Experts Ltd. va …
New research center to focus on subsurface resource models Colorado School of Mines and Virginia Tech have been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation to set up a new research center focusing on advanced subsurface earth resource modeling. M …
Food-energy-water nexus focus of NSF-NSF China project A Colorado School of Mines professor is leading an international research effort to strengthen understanding of the tradeoffs between food, energy and water in agricultural basins. Reed Maxwell, Rowli …
Navarre-Sitchler receives DOE funds for rock weathering work It’s a discrepancy that has dogged geochemists for years – when researchers bring rocks back to the lab and measure how quickly they dissolve, the numbers don’t match what they can see happening in th …
Mines hosts hands-on science experience for high schoolers Take a slice of the Earth’s surface and it might look a little like the tabletop sand tanks that a group of local high school students experimented with during a visit to Colorado School of Mines. Cl …
Mines students compete in Three Minute Thesis Twenty-four Colorado School of Mines graduate students participated in Three Minute Thesis (3MT®), an exciting event that challenges students to present their research in a clear, concise manner to a …
Mines professor, student spend month aboard research vessel A Colorado School of Mines professor and graduate student spent more than a month at sea researching the relationship between earthquakes, gas hydrates and underwater landslides off the coast of New Z …
Mines, Lockheed Martin team up for Engineers Week event In honor of National Engineers Week, Colorado School of Mines and Lockheed Martin teamed up Feb. 16 for a fun day of activities and industry mentorship to encourage female and minority students un …
Space resources program approved for fall 2018 launch A first-of-its-kind graduate program in space resources will officially lift off at Colorado School of Mines this fall. Post-baccalaureate certificates, master’s degrees and doctoral degrees will …
Palin contributes to paper on loss of Mars’ ancient oceans Earth and Mars both possessed abundant surface water shortly after their formation, but unlike on Earth, where oceans still cover 70 percent of the planet, the Martian surface may have acted like a gi …
Outstanding fall graduates honored at commencement Colorado School of Mines celebrated its midyear commencement Dec. 15, conferring a total of 239 bachelor’s, 175 master’s and 63 doctoral degrees during undergraduate and graduate ceremonies. At the …
Microbial hot spring structures offer clues into geological past Orange, tree-like cone structures up to two centimeters tall found in a California hot spring were built by a rich and diverse community of microbes, newly published research shows. These microbes, li …
Students get on-the-ground experience in Guatemala Landslide risk is a fact of life for hundreds of thousands of Guatemalans residing in settlements on the slopes of steep ravines. How well the available tools, techniques and programs manage that ris …
