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Knowing that 97 percent (or over one quadrillion acre-feet) of all water in the world is contained within the oceans, if the Earth was a uniform sphere how deep would the water be?

A) 200 feet.

B) 688 feet.

C) 8500 feet.

D) 10,000 feet.

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[May 16 2013]

HPC Wire reports on Mines' new supercomputer "BlueM" will increase Colorado School of Mines' computing power. ...more

[May 16 2013]

Mines’ powerful new supercomputer to focus on energy research GOLDEN, Colo., May 16, 2013 – Colorado School of Mines’ new 155 teraflop supercomputer dubbed “BlueM” will allow researchers to run large simulations ...more

[May 7 2013]

BusinessInsider cites Mines as a "college worth the money" Mines is ranked No. 6. ...more

[May 7 2013]

PayScale: Mines “worth your investment” GOLDEN, Colo., May 7, 2013 – Colorado School of Mines is ranked 6th for return on investment in PayScale.com’s 2013 rankings. As only the second public ...more

[May 2 2013]

Georgia Tech president to address Mines’ spring 2013 graduates GOLDEN, Colo., May 2, 2013 – Dr. G.P. “Bud” Peterson, president of Georgia Institute of Technology, will deliver the Spring 2013 Colorado School of Mines ...more

[Apr 30 2013]

STEM event to feature Mines physics professor’s DIY electronics group, Jane Goodall GOLDEN, Colo., April 30, 2013 – STEMosphere, a free, all ages event focused on exposing children to science, technology, engineering and mathematics, will ...more

  

Congratulations, graduates! 

The 139th Annual Commencement ceremony was held May 10 on Kafadar Commons. A video of the ceremony will be posted online in the days to come.

Dr. G.P. “Bud” Peterson, president of Georgia Institute of Technology, delivered the commencement address. Read his remarks.

 

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