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In a flurry of palpable joy and elation, SUA’s Model U.N. team accepted the “Best Small Delegation” award on Feb. 22 at the North American Model United Nations in Toronto, one of the most competitive

Andrea Bartoli, president of the Sant’Egidio Foundation for Peace and Dialogue, executive adviser to the Soka Institute for Global Solutions (SIGS), and an SUA trustee, has worked as a scholar

Soka University of America announced actor and humanitarian Orlando Bloom as keynote speaker of the 2025 commencement ceremony, which is scheduled for 2 p.m. May 23 in the Soka Performing Arts Center

Jazz titan and global humanitarian Herbie Hancock will receive the 2025 Soka Global Citizen Award, Soka University of America announced today. The honor celebrates Hancock’s six-decade journey as a

What does it mean to foster global citizens in an increasingly fraught, divided world? This question is at the heart of the learning that takes place in the International Studies Concentration at SUA

In a world increasingly divided by fear and mistrust, can religion become a force for peace? This question guided students in Professor Tetsushi Ogata’s Learning Cluster as they explored diverse faith

Deike Peters, associate professor of environmental planning and practice, spent her sabbatical last year researching the proposed ecological restoration of the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve, the

Soka University of America is expanding its federal advocacy efforts. President Ed Feasel recently visited Washington, D.C., meeting with congressional offices and national media to represent the

What if what you learned at college went far beyond the classroom: to the vibrant immigrant neighborhoods of Miami, Los Angeles’ last remaining wetland, or Ethiopian restaurants where Indigenous