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Ramakrishnan Professorship to Support Study of Sanskrit

South Asian Languages and Civilizations scholar Gary Tubb is the inaugural appointee of the newly announced Anupama and Guru Ramakrishnan Professorship in Sanskrit Studies

As the University of Chicago prepares to celebrate two major anniversaries in South Asian studies, a new gift will help to ensure UChicago’s continued leadership in the study of the Indian subcontinent. The Anupama and Guru Ramakrishnan Professorship in Sanskrit Studies, established by a $3.5 million gift from Guru and Anupama Ramakrishnan, supports a faculty member whose work focuses on the ancient classical language. Gary Tubb, professor in South Asian Languages and Civilizations and faculty director of the University of Chicago Center in Delhi, will be the first scholar to hold the new position.

Philosopher Candace Vogler on Virtue, Happiness and the Meaning of Life

Candace Vogler, the David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor of Philosophy

In an unassuming office on the fourth floor of Wieboldt Hall, Prof. Candace Vogler is working to answer some of the most vexing problems of human existence: Why are some people happy, and others not? What makes life good and meaningful?

Collaborative Research Project to Examine Sources of Happiness and Personal Fulfillment

Candace Vogler, the David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor of Philosophy at UChicago

A new research project at the University of Chicago and University of South Carolina will bring together scholars from different fields to study the factors that bring about deep happiness and a sense of meaning in one’s life.

Artist, DOVA Chair Jessica Stockholder Champions Contemporary Art at UChicago

Prof. Jessica Stockholder, Rose's Inclination, 2015. Paint, carpet, fragment of Judy Ledgerwood's painting, branches, rope, Plexiglas, light fixtures, hardware, extension cord, mulch, Smart Museum foyer, courtyard and sidewalks. Commissioned by the The University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art. Courtesy of the artist, Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery, and Kavi Gupta Gallery

This promises to be a remarkable autumn for Stockholder. In addition to her installation, Rose's Inclination, at Smart Museum, her work will be shown at the renowned Kavi Gupta Gallery, at the international contemporary art exposition EXPO Chicago on Sept. 17 to 20, and at MK Restaurant. “For someone who wants to travel to all four different venues, you’ll see all the different parts of what I do,” Stockholder said.

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