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The Soka community mourns the passing of Junichi Miura — an accomplished painter, children’s book author, and dedicated supporter of the university — who died on March 9 in Ueda, Nagano Prefecture

When Coach Taylor Kushner created the Soka men’s volleyball program from scratch in the fall of 2024, most of the team members had never played volleyball before. None of them had expected to play

As the season’s first California poppies bloom along campus walking paths, the spring semester at SUA is in full swing. But what exactly does a liberal arts education look like on a day-to-day basis

If you take a moment to rest in the shade near the Student Center, you may notice a bench with a cast bronze plaque commemorating something extraordinary: civil rights leader Rosa Parks shaking hands

On February 12, Founders Gallery welcomed the local community for a dynamic opening reception featuring two shows that explore humanity’s evolving relationship with the natural world. Both exhibitions

When you imagine the founder of a cutting-edge robotics company, you might picture someone trained in elite engineering labs, immersed in code and algorithms. But for Issei Takino ’07, co-founder and

The following interview with President Edward M. Feasel was originally published in Japanese in the Seikyo Shimbun and appears here in English translation. This year marks the 30th anniversary of

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

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