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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Ben on the Bench - Discover Penn The recording is given by Howard Berkowitz, President of the Class of 1962. |
Class of 1956 Trolley - Discover Penn The recording is given by John Alexander, Class of 1956. |
The recording is given by Dr. Amy Gutmann, President of the University of Pennsylvania. |
The recording is given by Claudia Gould, Director of the Institute of Contemporary Art. | |
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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. |
Frieze at Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine The recording is given by Steven Conn, Professor of History at Ohio State University and previous gradate student in History at the University of Pennsylvania. |
Geology Garden - Discover Penn The recording is given by Dr. Hermann Pfefferkorn, Professor of Earth and Environmental Science. | |
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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology - Discover Penn The recording is given by Dr. Richard Hodges, Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. |
Music Building - Discover Penn The recording is given by Jeffrey Kallberg, Professor of Music History and Associate Dean for Arts & Letters at the School of Arts and Sciences. |
The recording is given by Ed Rendell, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. |
Parking Garage: 3201 Walnut - Discover Penn The recording is given by Romaldo Giurgola, a partner in the Philadelphia architectural firm that designed the garage, Mitchell / Giurgola Architects. | |
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The recording is given by Dr. David Brownlee, Francis Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Professor, History of Art. |
The recording is given by Lynn Marsden-Atlass, University Curator. |
The recording is given by Paul Meyer, Director of the Morris Arboretum. |
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If you have any questions, please contact Taylor Berkowitz at 215.898.6690