2026 News

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

May 7, 2026

Colorado School of Mines to support establishment of center of excellence in Uzbekistan focused on critical minerals and mining

two students in lab coats work in a quantum materials lab

May 7, 2026

Mines advances purpose-driven, entrepreneurial engineering education through campuswide initiative

Researcher works on PFAS treatment system inside a trailer

May 6, 2026

Colorado School of Mines launches $7M research center to evaluate PFAS destruction technologies

Colorado School of Mines students in hard hats sit at desks for a class inside the Edgar Experimental Mine

May 5, 2026

Tour one of world's only university-owned mines

Mines President and NLR Laboratory Director shake hands

May 5, 2026

Colorado School of Mines announces critical minerals collaboration with National Laboratory of the Rockies

Stan Hickory

May 1, 2026

Stan Hickory to join Colorado School of Mines as McNeil Center director

Students wearing masks experiment with concrete mixes in lab

April 30, 2026

NSF program to sponsor undergraduate scholarships in ceramic engineering at Mines

Drought photo

April 30, 2026

Nature Water study reveals how climate change is reshaping who gets water and when

Elizabeth Holley and Ian Lange sit at table behind signs with their names on them

April 17, 2026

U.S. Congress turns to Colorado School of Mines for critical minerals expertise

Student team is finalist in Rock n Roll with NASA wheel design challenge

April 16, 2026

Reinventing the wheel, literally: Mines team excels at NASA competition

three men stand in front of a blue car holding a Mines pennant

April 14, 2026

Mines to compete in EcoCAR Innovation Challenge sponsored by GM and Stellantis

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

April 14, 2026

Anuj Chauhan inducted to AIMBE College of Fellows