Author: Robert Benchley

Geotechnical Gold

Dennis Ferrera ’72 is one of the stars of the 2012 Olympic Games. He spent two years in London getting ready, and he beat his expected times. His achievements: leading a team that prepared a 600-acre site for construction...

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A Dream Career in Sports and Law

”Sometimes you have to create your own economy,” a friend once said to Alicia Jessop ’06, who’d just learned that a job she’d pinned her hopes on had gone to another finalist. It was advice she took to heart. This City of Aurora...

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Current Issue: Winter 2025

Mines Magazine winter 2025 cover showing the new campus bell with the headline "Ringing in history"

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