In Brief: Summer 2014
Business Insider ranks Mines degree as #1 most underrated, Professor Marcelo Simoes awarded Green Energy and Technology Award, and more.
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Adios, Arecibo
I spent my final week in Puerto Rico finishing up my project and preparing a presentation for the Arecibo staff and students. While the dish has not yet been cleaned, I was able to start a design project that will be passed down through future generations of undergraduate researchers to eventually develop a full-scale, functioning robot.
Read MoreCelebration of Alumni 2014 Award Winners
On April 25, 2014, the following individuals were honored for their contributions to Mines during the Celebration of Alumni dinner, one of the highlights of Alumni Weekend.
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Where the Exceptionally Gifted Fit In
Able to count to 20 in three languages by the age of 2, 16-year-old Mines student Santiago Gonzalez was reading about minerals and rocks from a college textbook before he ever attended elementary school. By age 8, he was studying programming languages, building a website (hicaduda.com) and creating apps. Today, he is fluent in more than 10 programming languages and has written 16 applications.
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Mines Helps with Grand Mesa Slide Investigation
Soon after the massive landslide that killed three men on the Grand Mesa in western Colorado on...
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Risk, Failure, Hard Work and Lots of Success
Some people pack their lucky rabbit’s foot when they head to Las Vegas. Others make sure...
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Just Published
Plastics and Sustainable Piping Systems Plastic fluid handling systems consultant David Chasis...
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Personal Best Follows Brain Tumor Recovery for Mines Runner
Mines track and field runner Neal Anderson ’12, MS ’14 doesn’t view the brain...
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Water-Energy Education Center Launched
Created with a $3 million gift to study and enhance awareness of water challenges in the petroleum industry, the ConocoPhillips Center for a Sustainable WE2ST (Water-Energy Education, Science and Technology) at Colorado School of Mines is the first major partnership between a university and the energy industry that is primarily charged with studying water issues related to the production of unconventional oil and natural gas.
Read MoreChildren’s Hospital and Mines Announce Second Round of Research
After piloting several successful research collaborations in 2013 between Children’s Hospital Colorado, the University of Colorado and Mines, four new projects have been announced for 2014. Modeling Metabolics Cecilia...
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President’s Corner: Not the Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer Here
I hope that you’ve had a chance to enjoy your summer by spending time in the mountains, on the beach or your own favorite place. Here in Golden, the pace does slow down a bit mid-May through mid-August, but our campus is anything but sleepy.
Read More1964 Time Capsule Opened
A time capsule buried in the cornerstone of the student center in 1964 was extracted just prior to Alumni Weekend, giving the 50th reunion class an opportunity to see the contents during their class breakfast at the...
Read MoreAlumni Weekend 2014: Why You Come Back to Mines
If Mines was so tough to get through and the goal was simply to ‘get out,’ why do so many return for Alumni Weekend? “Mines is a tradition in our family and so are reunions,” says 50th reunion attendee...
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Spring 2014 Commencement
Another wave of Miners was congratulated by proud family members and welcomed into the alumni community on May 9, 2014, at a ceremony where Clarence Cazalot Jr., retired chairman, president and CEO of Marathon Oil, delivered the keynote address.
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Mines Hosts Amputee Mobility Clinic
Amputees aged 3 to 70 came to campus May 3 for a running and mobility clinic cosponsored by Mines and Hanger Clinic, an orthotic and prosthetic services and products provider.
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