WHAT:      University of Pennsylvania's 254th Commencement ceremony

WHO:     Jon Huntsman Jr., U.S. ambassador to China, will present the main commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree.

Other honorary degree recipients are observational astronomer Sandra M. Faber; medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer; musician Abdullah Ibrahim;  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation CEO Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey; humanitarian, philanthropist and author Greg Mortenson; Penn Medicine Professor Emeritus Peter Nowell; and James Riepe, former chair of the Penn Board of Trustees and vice chairman of T. Rowe Price Group Inc.

WHERE:     Franklin Field, 33rd and South streets

WHEN:     May 17, 2010
The procession of honorary degree recipients and about 6,000 graduates enters Franklin Field at approximately 9:30 a.m.; remarks begin around 10:15 a.m.

Notes to journalists:

• Television live trucks will be permitted to park on the 3200 block of South Street, on the south side of the street, against the curb line by the Penn Museum

• Reporters and photographers should check in by 9 a.m. at the Franklin Field ticket office at the main entrance on 33rd Street for a media pass to enter Franklin Field.

• A media platform and mult-box will be available