The Colorado School of Mines has been awarded the new Career Connected Campus Designation from the Colorado Department of Higher Education, recognizing its excellence in integrating academic curriculum with work-based learning experiences. Mines is one of seven institutions to receive this designation in the state. The designation acknowledges the school’s commitment to equipping students with…more
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded the Colorado School of Mines in Golden more than $1 million for research focused on energy and the environment. The funding includes a $750,000 grant aimed at understanding the role of vertically integrated mine refinery projects in the domestic production of critical minerals for the energy transition, with…more
Geothermal energy startup GTO Technologies, affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, has closed its initial seed funding round, securing $1.7 million towards a target of $5 million. The startup collaborated with Mines’ Corporate and Foundation Relations Office, the Office of Research and Technology Transfer and the Global Energy Future Initiative to raise…more
A new report from The Payne Institute for Public Policy at Colorado School of Mines in Golden emphasizes the potential of mining tailings, the high cost curve associated with nickel, new legislation aimed at increasing domestic mining of critical minerals, and the U.S. government’s recent $4.9 billion investment in mining and processing. This marks the…more
Colorado School of Mines in Golden and Carbon TerraVault Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Long Beach-based California Resources Corp., have been awarded $8.9 million from the U.S. Department of Energy for a Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE) project in California. The funding will support a feasibility study on the CTV III CO2 Storage Project,…more
The Colorado School of Mines’ Petroleum Engineering (PE) Department has announced the latest inductees into its Petroleum Engineering Hall of Fame. This honor recognizes alumni, faculty and supporters for their contributions to the oil and gas industry and to the PE Department. Each of the nine inductees has been acknowledged as an outstanding member of…more
The Colorado School of Mines has formed a partnership with the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to explore opportunities that leverage their complementary skills in addressing major societal challenges related to net-zero goals. This collaboration was announced following a kickoff event earlier this month, where more than 40 INL scientists engaged with more than 80 faculty…more
Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) delivered a keynote address on the important role of critical minerals to the environment, economy and national security on Friday, Sept. 13, at the Payne Institute for Public Policy’s Critical Minerals Symposium. During his speech, Hickenlooper announced a pair of bipartisan bills to guide a national strategy on a clean, responsible…more
Elizabeth Holley, associate professor of mining engineering at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, testified before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party’s Critical Minerals Policy Working Group. The working group, chaired by Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL), examined the necessity of developing a skilled domestic workforce to enhance…more
The Payne Institute for Public Policy and the Mineral and Energy Economics Program at Golden’s Colorado School of Mines have announced a three-year grant from Quadrature Climate Foundation to support critical mineral development in resource communities, particularly in the Global South. The grant will fund two overlapping workflows: the creation of enabling policies for Global…more
Colorado School of Mines has appointed Alexis Navarre-Sitchler as the new department head for Geology and Geological Engineering, effective July 1. Navarre-Sitchler has been a faculty member at Mines since 2012 and holds the position of professor of geology and geological engineering. Undergraduate students in the department can earn a Bachelor of Science in Geological…more
Nikki Farnsworth, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, has been awarded a five-year, $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to enhance the understanding of Type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease affecting approximately 2 million people in the U.S., characterized…more