Discover Penn
Discover Penn is a campus-wide cell phone tour that provides an innovative approach to experiencing the campus. The program helps users understand Penn in a different and unexpected way - as a place - its people, its art, its buildings, its academics, its landscape. The program, which started in Fall 2008, currently has fifteen sites identified by the red Discover Penn signs placed at the locations. The recordings are done by Penn Trustees, faculty, alumni, and those who are experts in their field or who have a close connection to Penn. The messages run approximately 2 minutes long and vary between deep, trivial, serious and lighthearted. The sites are equally diverse, including public art, historic buildings, and research milestones.
Callers can hear any number of narrations in any order they choose. User costs are limited to cell phone minutes. Penn community members and visitors are encouraged to use the program and Discover Penn in a whole new way.
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Annenberg Public Policy Center - Discover Penn The recording is given by Dr. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Dean of the Annenberg School for Communications. |
Ben on the Bench - Discover Penn The recording is given by Howard Berkowitz, President of the Class of 1962. |
Civic House Garden - Discover Penn The recording is given by Robert Lundgren, University Landscape Architect. |
The recording is given by Dr. Amy Gutmann, President of the University of Pennsylvania. | |
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The recording is given by Claudia Gould, Director of the Institute of Contemporary Art. |
The recording is given by Dr. Joseph Bordogna, Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Engineering. |
Fisher Fine Arts Library - Discover Penn The recording is given by Dr. David Brownlee, Francis Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Professor, History of Art. |
Geology Garden - Discover Penn The recording is given by Dr. Hermann Pfefferkorn, Professor of Earth and Environmental Science. | |
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The recording is given by Ed Rendell, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. |
The recording is given by Andrea Blum, artist of the piece. |
The recording is given by Dr. David Brownlee, Francis Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Professor, History of Art. |
Recycling and Waste Management - Discover Penn The recording is given by Kenneth Ogawa, Executive Director of Operations and Maintenance in Facilities and Real Estate Services at Penn. | |
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Skirkanich Hall - Discover Penn The recording is given by David Hollenberg, University Architect, University of Pennsylvania. |
The recording is given by Paul Meyer, Director of the Morris Arboretum. |
The recording is given by Daniel Garofalo, Sustainability Coordinator, University of Pennsylvania. |
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If you have any questions, please contact Taylor Berkowitz at 215.898.6690