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Soka University of America Coronavirus Update and Precautions

Mar 12, 2020

The County of Orange, where Soka is located, declared a local health emergency on Feb. 26. No cases have been diagnosed at Soka. There have been 17 confirmed case of the virus – also known as Covid-19

O. Bradley Bassler lecturing on Hitchcock's Vertigo

What Makes a Movie? A Vertiginous Trip through Hitchcock and Hollywood

Mar 11, 2020

Oleg Gelikman, professor and director of the Humanities concentration, introduced visiting professor O. Bradley Bassler’s lecture on Hitchcock’s Vertigo with intrigue, referring to the classic as

Stephan Milenkovich

Stefan Milenkovich to Replace Elissa Lee Koljonen in Performance with Pacific Symphony Chamber Orchestra

Mar 05, 2020

(Aliso Viejo, CA, March 5, 2020) – Due to personal reasons, Elissa Lee Koljonen has withdrawn from the Sunday, April 5, 2020 concert with Pacific Symphony Chamber Orchestra. Replacing Koljonen will be

Professor Jonathan Arac holding Toni Morrison's Beloved

Toni Morrison's Beloved and the Language of American Fiction

Mar 02, 2020

The internationally reputed American literary scholar Jonathan Arac gave Soka students and professors an insightful look into the tragic world of Toni Morrison’s classic novel Beloved. Arac explored

Mary Patrick Kavanaugh and the B2B program at the UCI New Venture Competition

UCI Collaboration Empowers B2B

Feb 27, 2020

Students of the Soka B2B program found out if there was “A Market for Their Product” at the fifth workshop hosted by the UCI Paul Merage School of Business. The workshop was held at the Beall Center

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Karamo Brown in Critical Conversations @Soka

Feb 21, 2020

Karamo Brown, three-time Emmy winner and culture expert on the Netflix reboot of Queer Eye, spoke at the Critical Conversations @Soka event on Feb. 19. The Critical Conversations series aims to ignite

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Teaching Tomorrow’s Scientists: Soka Hosting Life Science Conference

Feb 12, 2020

Update: The Teaching Tomorrow’s Scientists event is now a virtual event. Register at the ASCB website. Soka University is hosting the 2020 American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Regional Meeting

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Soka Performing Arts Center Presents Arlo Guthrie 20/20 Tour: Featuring “Alice’s Restaurant”

Feb 11, 2020

(Aliso Viejo, CA, February 11, 2020) – Soka Performing Arts Center welcomes Arlo Guthrie 20/20 Tour: Featuring “Alice’s Restaurant” on Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 8pm. Guthrie will be joined by

Soka students on location near lake in Brazil

Learning Cluster 2020: Students Investigate the Great Drought in Brazil

Feb 11, 2020

By Professor Ian Read A great chronicler of the Brazilian backland, João Guimarães Rosa, famously wrote “good quality water is like health or freedom: it only has value when it runs dry.” Over the

Hub New Music

Soka Performing Arts Center Presents Hub New Music with Special Guest Kojiro Umezaki of Silkroad Ensemble

Feb 04, 2020

(Aliso Viejo, CA, February 4, 2020) – Soka Performing Arts Center presents Hub New Music with Special Guest Kojiro Umezaki on Sunday, April 26, 2020 at 3 PM. Called “contemporary chamber trailblazers”