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The Angel Family Foundation has invested $5 million at Mines to advance space resources education, research facilities and next-generation planetary tech.
Colorado School of Mines Spring 2026 master’s and PhD graduates reflect on their research, the support of peers and faculty, and the lasting value of a Mines degree.
First-year Mines students showcased innovation, entrepreneurship, design and engineering solutions at the Spring 2026 Cornerstone Competition.
Two Mines students created a open-source, high-performance electric skateboard — with assistance and funding from the Mines Prototyping Fund and the Labriola Innovation Hub.
The Colorado School of Mines Board of Trustees has awarded promotions and/or tenure to 25 Mines faculty members for the 2026-2027 academic year.
Colorado School of Mines Spring 2026 bachelor’s graduates reflect on their undergraduate experience, campus traditions, community support and what it means to earn a Mines degree.

At Spring 2026 Graduate Commencement, Mines honored top doctoral thesis focused on LLM safety and the internal decision-making of AI models.
A new Nature Synthesis paper led by Colorado School of Mines reveals a method to build porous materials that could lead to a new field of materials chemistry.
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102221779 BCX0"><p>Colorado School of Mines celebrated its Spring 2026 Undergraduate Commencement on May 14 and 15, conferring a total of 1,162 bachelor’s degrees during four ceremonies at Lockridge Arena.&nbsp;<br></p></div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW112155216 BCX0"><p lang="EN-US">A system to evaluate vehicle performance in a safe, controlled environment won first place at the Spring 2026 <a href=" https://capstone.mines.edu/">Capstone Design Showcase</a>, an exhibit of the year-long design projects completed by seniors at Colorado School of Mines.&n…
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Backed by the State of Colorado, Mines Venture Fund II will invest $10 million in tech startups founded by Mines alumni, faculty and students with a focus on deep tech.
Mines alumni Paul Anderson ‘85, Mike Starzer ‘83 and Rob McKee '68 will give keynote addresses at Undergraduate Commencement ceremonies.
With support from Mines, the Center of Excellence in Uzbekistan will strengthen the nation's scientific, educational and technological capacity in mineral exploration, sustainable mining and advanced processing technologies
Colorado School of Mines is leveraging a transformative partnership with the Kern Family Foundation to become a national resource for innovation in undergraduate engineering education.
Mines is leading a new center to advance PFAS destruction technologies, helping industry validate, scale and deploy effective, data-driven remediation solutions.
Discover how the historic Edgar Experimental Mine serves as a hands-on underground classroom featuring explosives training, a quantum lab and more.

Colorado School of Mines announces critical minerals collaboration with National Laboratory of the Rockies Colorado School of Mines (Mines) has entered into a strategic agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) to advance critical minerals innovation, commercialization and workforce development across the full energy and minerals supply chain. T…
Stan Hickory named director of the McNeil Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, advancing student-driven innovation at Mines.
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