News Tagged as Research

Shane Barter poses with scholars during the Association for Asian Studies in Asia annual conference

Summer Research in a Special Region

Sep 03, 2024

This summer, SUA Professor Shane Barter conducted fieldwork and in Southeast Asia with support from the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS). IHS is a non-profit organization at George Mason University

Exterior photo of Nieves Observatory on SUA's Campus

From Earth to Infinity: SUA's Luis and Linda Nieves Observatory Pioneers New Frontiers in Education and Research

Apr 19, 2024

The Luis and Linda Nieves Observatory was unveiled at SUA in 2020, at a time when its remote accessibility proved essential. Amid the global lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic, which heightened

Eight members of a research team wearing summer attire smile at the camera in front of palm trees, a docked boat, and light blue water in Belize.

Faculty Spotlight: Marie Nydam and Biodiversity Research in Belize

Sep 21, 2023

Marie was part of an interdisciplinary team funded by a National Science Foundation grant: two professors and a graduate student from University of North Carolina Wilmington in North Carolina, and one

Participants in SIGS' Nuclear Politics 2023 program are in discussion

Nuclear Politics 2023: SIGS Launches Inaugural Summer Program

Aug 03, 2023

The Soka Institute for Global Solutions held its inaugural summer program, “Nuclear Politics 2023,” in collaboration with the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey’s James Martin

Erica Koyama ’23 presenting her research at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology conference

Life Sciences Students Attend National Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference

Jun 13, 2022

Susan Walsh, director of the Life Sciences concentration, Erica Koyama ’23, and Anh Nguyen ’23 attended the annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in April. The

Person working with aquarium tanks in lab

Biologist Marie Nydam Receives SUA’s First National Science Foundation Grant

Sep 01, 2021

Marie Nydam, assistant professor of biology, has received a research grant from the National Science Foundation. A marine evolutionary geneticist, Prof. Nydam is the first SUA faculty member to be

Curie Hall science lab exterior

Soka University Awarded $1 Million Challenge Grant to Boost Science Research Opportunities

May 02, 2021

The John Stauffer Charitable Trust has awarded Soka University of America a $1 million challenge grant to establish an endowment to support student summer research in chemistry and biochemistry. The

Karen Moran Jackson

Prof. Karen Moran Jackson Awarded AERA Fellowship to Study Deeper Learning

Feb 08, 2021

Karen Moran Jackson, assistant professor of educational psychology and assessment, has received a fellowship from the American Educational Research Association to advance her research on deeper

SAMSA participants gather in Tanzania

Faculty Spotlight: Katherine Perry on Mathematics Research and Outreach in Southern Africa

Nov 24, 2020

Katherine Perry, assistant professor of mathematics, is a long-time participant in an annual mathematics conference and workshop in southern Africa. The Southern African Mathematical Science

Panel at Visible Evidence documentary film festival

Soka Professors Help Organize International Documentary Film Festival

Sep 10, 2017

Supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation’s Just Films Office, Professors Kristi M. Wilson and Tomás Crowder-Taraborrelli helped organize the 24th Visible Evidence documentary film festival in