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• Documents (PDF format):
• Commencement Program

• Press Releases:
• An overview of Brown’s 241st Commencement Weekend
• 39th annual Commencement Forums offer 16 sessions, 50th reunion reflection
• Fareed Zakaria to deliver Baccalaureate Address Saturday afternoon
• Alpert Medical School to confer 90 M.D. degrees
• Brown to confer eight honorary degrees Sunday afternoon
• Charles Carpenter, M.D., to receive Rosenberger Medal

Commencement 2009 Photo Gallery

Congratulations to the Class of 2009. Click on a thumbnail to see larger images.

Baccalaureate Address video

Watch writer and commentator Fareed Zakaria deliver the 2009 baccalaureate address.

Commencement News

• Brown confers 2,157 degrees.
• Noor Najeeb and Juliana Thorstenn deliver senior orations at the University Commencement Ceremony, May 24.
• Brown confers seven honorary degrees.

Brown Commencement in the media

• CNN.com explores the first graduating class of Sidney Frank Scholars.
• The Providence Journal profiles the graduation ceremony with text, photos, and video. (Registration may be required)
• An AC 360 blog touches upon Sidney Frank and the first graduating class of Sidney Frank Scholars.

DVD and VHS video available

Collegiate Video provides Brown graduates a chance to revisit highlights of Commencement weekend, from the eloquence of Baccalaureate to the colorful traditions of the march through the Van Wickle Gates. The Commencement video is approximately two hours long and includes favorite campus landmarks and music. DVD and VHS versions are available.

Commencement Ceremony video

Streaming online video to come.