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When Max Bieganski ’19 M.A. ’22 walked into Professor of Political Science Peter Burns’ office during their first week at SUA, neither knew that it would be the start of an intellectual partnership cu...

As the rotating tram car steadily climbed 8,500 feet to Mountain Station on Mount San Jacinto, the small group of SUA students inside watched in wonder while the landscape beneath them shifted from de...

The Soka University of America community mourns the loss of Linda Nieves, a beloved donor whose faith in young people shaped the lives of hundreds of students and will continue to do so for generation...

“Renewable energy gives us the opportunity for a new global industrial revolution,” said George Busenberg, associate professor of environmental management and policy in the Environmental Studies Conce...

As a core pillar of Soka University of America’s liberal arts education, study abroad prepares students to encounter the world not as spectators, but as engaged participants dedicated to serving their...

“Where do we go from here?”Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. posed this question near the end of his life, and it shaped Soka University of America’s week-long observance of MLK Day.The week began with a vis...

Soka alumni Michael Sasaki ’05 and Miho Saito ’14 have received international recognition for their short film The Brain That Cried Wolf, which explores mental health, identity, and the fear of death ...

An urgent question echoed across three continents this fall: how can education contribute to humanity living more sustainably on an imperiled planet?In September, members of the Soka community explore...

“Be willing to be interrupted,” said Dr. Sarah Ann Wider, emerita professor of English and women, gender, and sexuality studies at Colgate University, addressing the SUA community in Founders Hall on ...

On the day before commencement at the end of chef Mike Fondarella’s first year cooking breakfast and lunch at the Soka Bistro’s grill station, a graduate student from Japan handed him a letter.