Commencement Webcast
Webcast of Penn's 253rd Commencement
Family members and friends who are unable to attend Penn's 253rd Commencement may view the ceremony live over the Internet. Webcast coverage of the proceedings from Franklin Field will begin at 9:00 a.m. EDT on Monday, May 18, 2009.
Please check back to this site for links to the live webcast that morning.
Archived Webcast of Penn's 252nd Commencement
Family members and friends who were unable to attend Penn's 252nd Commencement may view the ceremony over the Internet starting the afternoon of May 19th. Links to RealPlayer streaming video file of Commencement are located below.
To view the Commencement webcast, click on the following link:
http://beansidhe.isc-net.upenn.edu:8080/ramgen/president/commencement08.rm
Audio-only Downloads
Starting Tuesday, May 20, we will be making available audio-only downloads of Penn's 2008 Commencement; download these files to synch up with your portable media player for listening "on the go." (To download: PC users should right click on the desired title, and choose "Save Target As." Mac users should click on the desired title while holding down the "Control" key, and select "Download linked file.")
| Commencement Ceremony file address - http://www.upenn.edu/video/podcast/pvn/08ceremony.mp3 |
| Commencement Speaker: Michael Bloomberg file address - http://www.upenn.edu/video/podcast/pvn/08bloomberg.mp3 |
| President Gutmann's Commencement Address file address - http://www.upenn.edu/video/podcast/pvn/08president.mp3 |
| Conferral of Honorary Degrees file address - http://www.upenn.edu/video/podcast/pvn/08honorary.mp3 |
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Conferral of Degrees |
Podcasts
These audio files are also featured episodes on the University of Pennsylvania's Penn Video Network podcast. To get these episodes as a podcast, along with much more content from Penn:
- Users with iTunes™ installed on their computer can click the "Subscribe in iTunes™" button below:
- All others: Use your "podcatcher" to subscribe to: http://www.upenn.edu/video/podcast/pvn/podcast.xml.
Technical Requirements for RealPlayer
To view the Internet webcast, your computer must have RealPlayer
(version 8 or higher). RealPlayer is available for free to Penn
students, faculty and staff via the PennConnect CD or the supported
products page, or to all others direct from http://www.real.com/.
The Commencement webcast is encoded in "surestream" to support a variety of Internet connection speeds. Those viewers connecting at rates up to 256 Kbps will enjoy a more favorable video experience.