Category: Inside Mines

For someone with strengths in math and science, applying to Mines was a no-brainer for Juno...

Bringing home the championships

A quick look at the 2019-20 athletics season national championship in the Learfield/IMG Directors’...

A family relay

If there’s been one name synonymous with Mines swimming over the past decade, it’s Wood. The...

A collaboration like no other

by Teresa Meek

No one is quite sure when Mines and the United States Geological Survey began working together....

It’s a bird! A plane! A lizard?

A rare lizard fossil with extremely well-preserved skin—and a tiny fossilized gnat keeping it...

Home sweet home: The possibilities–and realities–of living on the Moon

When humans return to the Moon, it may not be just for a quick visit. We asked Chris Dreyer,...

Honoring outstanding Orediggers

Attend any Mines athletics event and you’ll likely feel a surge of Oredigger pride. Whether it’s...

Advising on a new level

WHO: Ian Lange, assistant professor of economics and business, director of the Mineral and Energy...

Sustainable living: Mines wins the 2019 Solar Decathlon Africa

WHAT: A team of students from Mines and two Moroccan universities won the 2019 Solar Decathlon...

Out in the field: Orediggers make an impact around the world

Last summer, Mines students traveled with the humanitarian engineering program to different parts...

Thinking outside the comic book

Since Iron Man’s first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39 in 1963, the technology behind his suit...

A balancing act

The balance between the classroom and competition is one that Mines student-athletes master every...

Boots on the ground, in the lab

by Sarah Kuta

Though Lt. Col. Adam Brady MS ’12 is in Golden, Colorado, on assignment for the U.S. Army, you...

An interdisciplinary perspective

In many ways, a thorough knowledge of geology establishes much of the foundation for mining, which...

Braving the wind