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
Many people would assume that a software engineer, a wildlife conservationist, a city planner, a lawyer, and a scientific illustrator have very different undergraduate degrees. But in reality, all
Students and staff at Soka University of America honored the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a week of connection, reflection, and action last month. The week kicked off with a
When Daiki Katsukawa ‘26 first stood before the U.N. Conference on Disarmament as a high school student, he never imagined his path would lead to Oslo’s City Hall, where survivors of history’s only
Liberal arts education is essential for addressing global energy poverty, as leaders in the field increasingly recognize that technical solutions alone aren’t enough. This was the core message from Dr
