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Rene Carpenter watching the launch of her husband, Scott Carpenter, aboard the Aurora 7 capsule in 1962. She declined to conform to the expectations of astronauts’ wives.Credit...Ralph Morse/The LIFE Picture Collection, via Getty Images.
Former CU History Major, Rene Carpenter, Astronaut’s Wife Who Broke NASA Mold, Dies at 92.
George Floyd Mural
Department Message on Racial Injustice
Dr. Maura Chhun
History Ph.D Grad, Maura Chhun (’15) Publishes Article on the 1918 Flu Pandemic in India
Professor David Shneer
CU Boulder Historian, Professor David Shneer Awarded 2020 ACLS Fellowship
Professor Elizabeth Fenn
Pulitzer-winning historian gets NEH award for book on Sacagawea
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