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Innov8x Challenge

Our Innov8x Challenges are 2-hour rapid fire challenges in which students brainstorm problems, identify beneficiaries – people who would benefit when the problem is solved. “Good” problems advance to our […]

Mines Entrepreneurship Showcase

February 15, 2022 | The Buffalo Rose | 6:00-8:00 pm Mines Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Interest Group are partnering together for Mines Entrepreneurship Showcase. Join […]

Free

Mines Methane Symposium – Issues and Opportunities – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join us for the inaugural Mines Methane Symposium – Issues and Opportunities held virtually on February 17, 2022, bringing together thought leaders from industry, academia, think tanks, and U.S. […]

Career Center: Living and Working Abroad Panel

Virtual Event CO, United States

Hear about the career paths of Mines Alumni Elena Dutcher '14, Scott Bennett '00, and Adam Janikowski MS '20 to learn: What brought them to their current companies? Where are the best places to live and work throughout their cities? What's the best way to get around and what's the culture like? How many Mines […]

Innov8x Challenge

Our Innov8x Challenges are 2-hour rapid fire challenges in which students brainstorm problems, identify beneficiaries – people who would benefit when the problem is solved. “Good” problems advance to our Innov8x course.  Join us in person or Zoom.

Energy Politics – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Randy Bell, Senior Director and Richard Morningstar Chair for Global Energy Security, Atlantic Council, presenting a virtual seminar titled Energy Politics on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 from 9:30am – 10:45am (MT). TOPIC: ENERGY POLITICS SPEAKER: RANDY BELL, SENIOR DIRECTOR AND RICHARD MORNINGSTAR […]

Speedy Impact – Start-Up Panel

Green Center 924 16th Street, Golden, CO, United States

The Career Center and McNeil Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation invite students to come learn about what it is like working for a startup and how to get involved. The event will consist of a panel Q&A followed by networking with various startup companies, and will take place in Friedhoff Hall 1 & 2. No […]

Community Conversations – W-MCA- ” A Handmaids Tale”

Arthur Lakes Library 1410 Illinois St., Golden, CO, United States

Join the Women—Mines Community Alliance (W-MCA) and the Arthur Lakes Library as we host a Community Conversation that will focus on several themes that show up in the book, "The Handmaid’s Tale" by Margaret Atwood, and the Hulu streaming series by the same name. The event will be held over the lunch hour on Thursday, […]

Free

Achieving Climate Goals: Colorado’s GHG Roadmap

CoorsTek Center for Applied Science and Engineering 1523 Illinois St., Golden, CO, United States

Please join the Mines Natural Resources and Energy Policy and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Will Toor, Executive Director, Colorado Energy Office, presenting a seminar live in CoorsTek, Studio 140,  or virtual titled Achieving Climate Goals: Colorado’s GHG Roadmap on Thursday, March 17, 2022 from 12:30pm – 1:45pm (MT). […]

Critical Minerals and Mining in South America – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Todd Chapman, Former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil and Ecuador, presenting a virtual seminar titled Critical Minerals and Mining in South America on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 from 9:30am – 10:45am (MT). TOPIC: CRITICAL MINERALS AND MINING IN SOUTH AMERICA […]

Career Center: BioScience Panel

Berthoud Hall 1516 Illinois St., Golden, CO, United States

Join the Mines Career Center for an exciting panel conversation with professionals (and Mines Alumni) from Bioscience engineering careers! Through short presentations with Q&A, followed by a networking hour, learn about how panelists entered their careers after getting their engineering degrees and how they maintain a focus on their core values as they develop their […]

Rethinking the Sustainability of the Clean Energy Transition – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the Columbia University Climate School – The Earth Institute and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute, presenting a virtual seminar titled Rethinking the Sustainability of the Clean Energy Transition on Friday, April 8, 2022 from 12:00pm – 12:50pm (MT). TOPIC: RETHINKING […]

Carbon Mineralization for CO2 Removal from Air and Permanent Storage at the Gigaton Scale

Center for Technology and Learning Media (CTLM) 1650 Arapahoe St., Golden, CO, United States

Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Peter B. Kelemen, Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor, Columbia University, presenting a live seminar titled Carbon Mineralization for CO2 Removal from Air and Permanent Storage at the Gigaton Scale on Friday, April 8, 2022, […]

Innov8x Challenge

Our Innov8x Challenges are 2-hour rapid fire challenges in which students brainstorm problems, identify beneficiaries – people who would benefit when the problem is solved. “Good” problems advance to our Innov8x course.  Join us in person or Zoom.

Library x Outdoor Recreation – Adventure Cast Series

Arthur Lakes Library 1410 Illinois St., Golden, CO, United States

Come listen and learn as the Outdoor Rec Center Trip Leaders take you through one of their personal adventures.  This series will expand the minds of the Mines student in showing them unique places and adventures that are around the world or right out their door. From global impacts to the personal challenges to the […]

Free

Library Concert Series – Sandrine Ricote & Dan Robinson

Arthur Lakes Library 1410 Illinois St., Golden, CO, United States

Sandrine Ricote and Dan Robinson met in a French conversation group in 2012 and have been playing together ever since. Sandrine, a native of France, is a Research Associate Professor at the School of Mines. Dan, a native of Oklahoma who fell in love with all things French while studying abroad in his junior year […]

Free

Unpacking the Intensity of Policy Conflicts: Lessons from Debates Over Shale Oil and Gas in the U.S.

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Tanya Heikkila, PhD, Professor, Co-Director, Center for Policy and Democracy, University of Colorado, Denver, presenting a virtual seminar titled Unpacking the Intensity of Policy Conflicts: Lessons from Debates Over Shale Oil and Gas in the U.S. on Tuesday, […]

Building a Unicorn in the Clean Energy Market – Lessons from the Field – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Adrian Tuck, Chief Executive Officer, Uplight, presenting a virtual seminar titled Building a Unicorn in the Clean Energy Market – Lessons from the Field on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 from 9:30am – 10:45am (MT). TOPIC: BUILDING A UNICORN […]

University Research for the Future of Energy

Green Center 924 16th Street, Golden, CO, United States

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Jay Hakes, Presidential and Energy Historian, Author, and former Administrator of the U.S. Information Administration, presenting a virtual seminar titled University Research for the Future of Energy on Wednesday, April 27 , October 29, 2022 from 1:30pm – […]

E&I Demo Day Finalist

Geology Museum 1310 Maple St., Golden, CO, United States

Mines Entrepreneurship and Innovation combines the best of Beck Venture Center’s Startup Forum and McNeil Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation’s Innov8x class. This exciting network event will feature select teams who will pitch their innovation to Mines community. We’ll begin with a networking session followed by team pitches. Please RSVP for updates and details of the […]

Spring 2022 Continuum

Green Center 924 16th Street, Golden, CO, United States

The Continuum is an event celebrating women graduating from Mines. Graduates are honored and given a red rose and Mines bud vase. Alumna Sarah Bartlett, B.S. CBE 2007, M.S. ETM 2009, will give the main address following student speakers Pilar Martin (CBE) and Rebekka Olson (MME). Register here by Wednesday, May 4. ­

Free

Industrial Climate Tech Summit

Green Center 924 16th Street, Golden, CO, United States

Please join Nomadic Venture Partners and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan D. Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute, presenting a keynote address at the Industrial Climate Tech Summit on Wednesday, June 1, 2022 from 10:45am – 11:15am (MT). TOPIC: INDUSTRIAL CLIMATE TECH SUMMIT SPEAKER: DR. MORGAN D. BAZILIAN, DIRECTOR, PAYNE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC […]

Overview of Satellite Observed Nighttime Lights – Hybrid Seminar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Science Team and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Christopher Elvidge, Director Payne Institute Earth Observation Group, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Overview of Satellite Observed Nighttime Lights on Wednesday, June 1, 2022 from 11:00pm – 2:15pm (MT). TOPIC:  OVERVIEW […]

The World For Sale: Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources – Virtual Book Launch

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Javier Blas, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist, and Jack Farchy, Senior Reporter at Bloomberg News, presenting a virtual book launch for the newly published The World For Sale: Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources on Wednesday, June 22, […]

Critical Minerals and Energy Geopolitics – Virtual Presentation

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the Missouri S&T, NSF, and Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan D. Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute, presenting a virtual seminar titled Critical Minerals and Energy Geopolitics on Friday, August 5, 2022 from 10:00am – 12:45pm (MT). TOPIC:  CRITICAL MINERALS AND ENERGY GEOPOLITICS SPEAKER: DR. MORGAN D. BAZILIAN, DIRECTOR, PAYNE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC […]

GLOBAL ENERGY FUTURE INNOVATION FORUM

Bunker Auditorium 924 16th St., Golden

The Global Energy Future INNOVATION FORUM on September 7, 2022 from 9am – 6:00pm will showcase the incredible breadth of research being done by Mines Faculty, highlighting how and why an interdisciplinary approach is required to solve the world’s biggest challenges in ensuring a global energy future. SEPTEMBER 7 – GLOBAL ENERGY FUTURE INNOVATION FORUM September […]

Accelerated Retirement of Coal Plants – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Institute Sustainable Finance Lab Program Manager Brad Handler for a virtual discussion with Deb Chattopadhyay, Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank titled Accelerated Retirement of Coal Plants on Thursday, September 8, 2022 from 9:30am – 10:30am (MT). TOPIC: ACCELERATED RETIREMENT OF COAL […]

GLOBAL ENERGY FUTURE INNOV8X CHALLENGE

Student Recreation Center 1651 Elm St, Golden, CO, United States

Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative for the Innov8x CHALLENGE on September 8, 2022 from 11 am – 1 pm that will feature presentations from Mines Students, pitching solutions to the most pressing Challenges and Problems facing industry today, and competing to win funding from Global Energy Future Initiative to further pursue their innovative research. […]

Mines Innov8X Innovation Challenge

Ben H. Parker Student Center 1200 16th St., Golden, CO, United States

The INNOVATION CHALLENGE led by Innov8X on September 8, 2022 will feature presentations from Mines Students, pitching solutions to the most pressing Challenges and Problems facing industry today, and competing to win funding from GEFI to further pursue their innovative research. Registration Starts Here SEPTEMBER 8 – GLOBAL ENERGY FUTURE INNOV8X CHALLENGE August 18 (4:30pm – 6:30pm) […]

Quantum Information Science: Building Positive International Relationships through Near-Future Technologies

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the National Academies as they welcome Faculty Fellow Lincoln Carr, Professor of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Quantum Information Science: Building Positive International Relationships through Near-Future Technologies on Friday, September 9, 2022 from 9:00am – 10:00am (MT). TOPIC:  QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE: BUILDING POSITIVE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH NEAR-FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES SPEAKER: LINCOLN […]

Towards Zero Routine Global Gas Flaring – Hybrid Presentation

Green Center 924 16th Street, Golden, CO, United States

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Zubin Bamji, Program Manager, Energy & Extractives Global Practice, World Bank, presenting a virtual seminar titled Towards Zero Routine Global Gas Flaring on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 from 10:00am – 11:00am (MT). TOPIC:  TOWARDS ZERO ROUTINE GLOBAL GAS FLARING SPEAKER: ZUBIN BAMJI, […]

In-Person Career Day

Student Recreation Center 1651 Elm St, Golden, CO, United States

Leading companies are looking for new employees with the skills necessary to take the world into the future, and you have the opportunity to connect with many of them. Build […]

Virtual Career Day

Virtual Event CO, United States

If you are a student looking for a job and a way to connect with employers, or are an employer looking to connect with and hire an amazing Mines student, […]

Forever Chemicals in our Water? The Growing Importance of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Environmental Contaminants – Hybrid Seminar

Green Center 924 16th Street, Golden, CO, United States

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Faculty Fellow Dr. Christopher Higgins, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Forever Chemicals in our Water? The Growing Importance of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Environmental Contaminants on Thursday, September 22, 2022 from […]

Critical Minerals

Please join the Global Clean Energy Action Forum as they welcome Colorado School of Mines Walt Copan, Rod Eggert, and Morgan Bazilian, presenting a seminar titled Critical Minerals on Friday, September 23, 2022 from 7:30am – 11:30am (MT) in Pittsburgh, PA. TOPIC:  CRITICAL MINERALS AT THE GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY ACTION FORUM SPEAKERS: WALTER COPAN, VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY […]

Discover the Rational Middle of Energy & Climate

Green Center 924 16th Street, Golden, CO, United States

Whether you’re already vocal on climate change issues or just looking to understand the bigger picture, it is important that we all become an active part of the discussion. Rational Middle is an award-winning, independent documentary series featuring balanced, fact-based films and conversations covering complicated issues. Sponsored by Shell, the Net Zero series focuses on what […]

States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security – Hybrid Presentation

Arthur Lakes Library 1410 Illinois St., Golden, CO, United States

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Josh Busby, Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas-Austin, presenting a in person seminar titled States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security on Thursday, October 6, 2022 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm (MT) in the Boettcher […]

Local and Global Politics of Energy – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Faculty Fellow Dr. Kathleen Hancock, Associate Professor of Political Science, Colorado School of Mines, Dr. Srinivas Parinandi, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado Boulder, and Dr. Jonas Nahm, Assistant Professor of Energy, Resources, and Environment at Johns Hopkins SAIS, […]