Colorado School of Mines News

Denise L. St. Cyr of Parker has been named to the University of Northern Colorado Board of Trustees, while Dick Monfort, board chairman, was re-appointed by Gov.

New technologies make it cheaper and easier to extract gas from shale rock. With coal being too dirty and wind farms and nuclear power plants arriving late, it seems the world is left with a stark choice: keep on polluting or turn out the lights.

After-school activities: Academic team, Orange & Black newspaper, volleyball. Favorite book: "1984" by George Orwell.

Using next generation gas turbine technology to increase output and efficiency, GE Energy recently introduced its upgraded Frame 7FA gas turbine to meet growing performance requirements for power plant operators.

If the U.S. dollar strengthens and the global economy weakens as government stimulus runs dry, oil could plummet in a massive "head-fake" to $20/barrel. Any discussion of the price of oil must factor in the relative value of the petro-dollar, a.k.a. the U.S. dollar.

COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES: Announced that Tissa H. Illangasekare, the Amax Distinguished Chair of Environmental Science and Engineering and professor of civil engineering, has been chosen by the faculty of Science and Technology at Uppsala University in Sweden to receive an honorary doctorate in Natural Science and Technology.

Sophomore running back Rustin Dring ran for a career-high 219 yards and the Nebraska-Kearney defense came up with eight sacks as the Lopers beat Colorado School of Mines, 24-12, Saturday afternoon.

From left: Mongolia's ambassador to the United States, Khasbazar Bekhbat; exhibit producer Don Lessem; Jim Wagenlander, Colorado's honorary consul for Mongolia; and Sambuu Dawadash, second secretary at the Mongolian embassy in Washington.

A group of engineering students who are passionate about music? The mere notion seems incongruous, like, say, a group of accountants forming an art appreciation club and then getting together periodically to discuss the works of Van Gogh and Michaelangelo.

Colorado companies, agencies and institutions received $18 million in grants from the federal economic stimulus package Thursday.

The US has far more natural gas at its disposal than anyone thought three or four years ago: The U.S. consumes about 23 trillion cubic feet of natural gas a year, according to the Department of Energy's Energy Information Agency .

Hill International , the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that two executives have joined the firm as Vice Presidents in Hill's Washington, DC office.

Homeowners at the Tamarack Resort are afraid if Idaho state District Court Judge Patrick Owen doesn't approve their plan to use $7.9 million from a Mexican real-estate investor to keep the Idaho resort operating, the resort will be dismantled piece by piece, but creditors of the resort led by Credit Suisse argued before the judge that the ...

Bill Lee and Blaster make their way through masses of nosey neighbors at Laughing Valley Ranch on Oct.

Industry officials say progress is being made in efforts to tap the country's huge oil shale deposits despite oil prices that have dropped and political and legal hurdles.

Candance Sulzbach of the School of Mines was named Outstanding Faculty Advisor. SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS: Named Candace Sulzbach, a Colorado School of Mines lecturer, the 2009 Outstanding Faculty Advisor.

A Colorado official says the state supports oil shale development but wants more information about the potential impacts on water, the environment and public health before commercial development begins.

Led by Jo Tuttle's national title in the four-cross event on Saturday and her runner-up spot in the downhill on Sunday, the Brevard College Tornado cycling team won the Division II national title at the USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships in California.

This ion chromatograph is one of the pieces of high-tech equipment in Colorado Mountain College's new Timberline Analytical Lab.

Ms. Roark, who is two classes short of a chemical engineering degree from the Colorado School of Mines, is convinced that the scent from a patent-pending perfume blend that she developed and calls "Confidence" is as important to her success as a good night's sleep.