Scrabble-like tiles spell out the word “please.”

Children are taught to say “please.” But a new UCLA study shows the word may be a tool to manage frictions, not a sign of politeness.

Chris Tausanovitch standing in a stone courtyard on a sunny day.

Political scientist Chris Tausanovitch named 2024 Carnegie Fellow

From left to right, a photograph of Michael Waterstone, Robin D. G. Kelley, Renee Luskin, Lonnie G. Bunch III, Meyer Luskin, Miguel García-Garibay and Abel Valenzuela.

Lonnie G. Bunch delivers UCLA’s Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership

A portrait of Diego Sarmiento in a maroon dress shirt with a stained wood wall in the background.

Diego Sarmiento awarded prestigious Truman Scholarship and Strauss Scholarship

Sarmiento is the first UCLA undergraduate to receive the Truman…
A composite image of Sean Astin against an aerial photograph of UCLA's campus.

Sean Astin to deliver UCLA College commencement address

Group shot of U7+ Alliance members at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy

U7+ Alliance of World Universities urge G7 to increase access to higher education

three young women looking wearing a look of concern on their faces.

The Black Policy Project, an initiative of the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, publishes report analyzing two decades of socioeconomic status data

Clear skull with colorful brain on display

UCLA receives $5 million grant to align neuroscience and societal needs