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Roy Lee, a Columbia College sophomore, spoke with The Pennsylvania Post about the saga that has catapulted him to virality on X, caught the attention of the global media spanning from the Hindustan Times to CNBC, and raised vital questions about the viability of current paradigms surrounding digital assessments and formal education.

Elizabeth Banks, American actress, producer, and advocate, will be the Class of 2025 Commencement Speaker. Banks graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard eight cases during the February Sitting, which started on February 24 and ended on March 5. This edition of May it please the Court will cover the first four cases of the February Sitting.

On March 19, 2025, the Trump Administration announced a freeze of $175 million in funding to the University of Pennsylvania, citing the University’s past policies supporting transgender athletes.

The Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania announced that they had voted to extend J. Larry Jameson’s term to June 30, 2027.

The University of Pennsylvania has issued new guidance to support students, faculty, and staff affected by recent immigration and travel policy changes.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard eight cases during the December Sitting and ten cases during the January Sitting—including Tik Tok v. Garland, which was added on an expedited schedule to be heard before the sitting was scheduled to begin. The February Sitting started on February 24, but this edition will provide a highlight of the cases heard during the December and January Sittings and, as always, provide some humorous exchanges from oral argument. 

Last night, President Donald Trump addressed Congress in his first State of the Union address in his second term as president. He delivered a lengthy, impassioned speech before a joint session of Congress. At 1 hour and 40 minutes, the speech set a new record.

During the Spring 2024 semester, financial aid recipients at Penn and other major universities, including Yale, Columbia, and MIT, received notice of a proposed settlement in a class action lawsuit against their institutions for violation of antitrust laws that resulted in unfairly low financial aid awards.