Research & Innovation

Six headshots of Mines students and alumni who won NSF GRF

May 29, 2026

13 Mines students, alumni win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Proto-Fund powered skate board

May 19, 2026

ProtoFund Powered: Motorized skateboard is designed to get you to class on time

PhD grad holds award on commencement stage between Mines President and Interim VPR

May 15, 2026

Large language model safety research wins Rath Award at Spring 2026 Graduate Commencement

three images of samples of chalcogen bonding

May 15, 2026

Chalcogen bonding can be used to build permanently porous materials

Beck Venture Center evening landscape

May 11, 2026

Mines Venture Fund II to invest $10M in university-affiliated tech startups with State of Colorado financial commitment

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

A river is flowing through a field in front of a mountain

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

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

April 9, 2026

Zhaoshan Chang awarded SEG Silver Medal