Magi Boogaard, alumna of the Colorado School of Mines, speaks about developing an international career. Magi spent several semesters abroad as both an undergraduate and again as a graduate student.

Melissa Emerson, the Assistant Director of Conflict Resolution & Student Conduct Services at Colorado State University, explores conflict styles and a variety of approaches to engage in dialogue with a positive outcome. There are times when having a difficult conversation is the only way to address a conflict. The Higher Education setting is comprised of faculty, staff and students from diverse backgrounds who innately find themselves in conflict. While these topics pose obvious challenges for stakeholder(s), they also present a ripe opportunity to improve environments and relationships.

Jessica Smith Rolston is the Hennebach Assistant Professor of Energy Policy in Liberal Arts and International Studies at the Colorado School of Mines. Her talk draws on ethnographic research about controversial mining projects in the American West and Peruvian Andes to analyze the practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the mining industry. Specifically, it examines the conditions under which mines, communities and employees forge workable social contracts, as well as the structural limitations of those agreements.

Mike MacCarthy, Graduate Research Associate and Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida, talks about his experiences with the Peace Corps in Cameroon, his time as a Development Research Engineerin in northern KwaZulu Natal province, and his current research on low-cost household water supplies for rural communities in developing countries.

Anne Silverman, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Mines, speaks about her research into the biomechanics of lower-limb amputees walking using a prosthetic.

Michael L. Dougherty, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Illinois State University discusses the global gold mining industry and how it impacts indigenous rights.

Anthony M. Dean, William K. Coors Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, outlines his group's recent research in free radical chemistry.

A professor of chemistry and geochemistry at Mines, Mark Eberhart suggests a new way to look at forming energy policy.

Mines' professor of civil and environmental engineering, John R. Spear, discusses the practical uses for microbiology.

The story of the Fertig brothers' heroic contributions to the struggle in the South Pacific during World War II.