Category: News

At approximately 10 AM on October 20, 2025, Instructure’s Canvas, Penn’s preferred learning management system, began experiencing technical difficulties as a result of an Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage that started around 3:11 AM EST. 

Itamar Dreschler, Professor of Finance at Wharton was hit by an e-bike in Norristown, Pennsylvania last June, suffering a traumatic injury which has sparked a broader dialogue regarding the safety of electric bicycles. He has since had to take a temporary leave of absence from teaching.

In a decisive move, the University of Pennsylvania rejected the Trump administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education earlier this afternoon. 

On the eve of Yom Kippur, Harvard Law Professor Carlos Portugal Gouvea was arrested near a Massachusetts synagogue. He is accused of firing a pellet gun adjacent to the synagogue, which caused it to enter lockdown given the current rise in antisemitic violence.

Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist, media personality, and founder of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), was shot and killed on Wednesday, September 10th, 2025 at a TPUSA event on the campus of Utah Valley University.

The Trump administration released $175 million in previously frozen federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania. This followed a resolution agreement made earlier that day between Penn and the U.S. Department of Education to comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

This final edition of May it please the Court will cover a selection of cases from the March and April Sittings. A total of 19 cases were heard during both sittings—a relatively packed schedule.

The U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights accused the University of Pennsylvania of violating Title IX of the Federal Civil Rights Act.They released a statement on April 28, 2025, announcing that it had found that the University of Pennsylvania was not in compliance because they had violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard eight cases during the February Sitting. This edition of May it please the Court covers the last four cases—including the second Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) case this term. Hungary v. Simon (Oyez) was the first one.

A slew of backlash from members of Penn’s Class of 2026 was released on the anonymous social media platform, Sidechat, yesterday following the first round of P-Sweater distribution. Complaints appeared to revolve around the brand of the P-Sweater, which were initially advertised as being Champion branded.