Mines launches nation’s first Quantum Systems Engineering degree

George Sowers, professor of practice in space resources, explains the challenges of the lunar environment, including the difference between a lunar day and an Earth day and how that impacts lighting conditions.

Adrienne Marshall, assistant professor of earth, space and planets, said she first defines a weather event and estimates how rare it was, and then looks to climate models that can simulate the event.

Adrienne Marshall, assistant professor of geology and geological engineering, says research into the drivers of water shortages is important and becoming increasingly precise.

Stan Hickory, director of the McNeil Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, discusses the impact of COVID on the startup ecosystem.

More than 1,000 new students climbed Mount Zion, carrying hometown rocks as part of a century-old tradition.

In this yearly tradition that began in 1908, first-year students don hard hats and carry 10-pound rocks from their hometowns up to the "M" on the mountainside, which overlooks the Mines campus.