Prospective students, alumni or anyone who uses or now has an option to tour 黑料传送门 without traveling to campus thanks to a May 2017 visit by Google Street View鈥檚 Special Collections team.
Participation in the Special Collections project, according to President and CEO Jay Feldstein, DO 鈥�81, is an opportunity to showcase the College鈥檚 offerings.
鈥満诹洗兔� continues to evolve as we strive to meet the needs of an ever-changing healthcare field,鈥� Feldstein said. 鈥淥ur physical space and academic programs continue to grow, and we take an immense amount of pride in the environment we provide for our students to become competent and compassionate physicians, health practitioners and behavioral scientists. This new project allows us to share that environment with others who may not have the means or methods to experience it physically.鈥�
Unlike the early days of Google Street View鈥攚hen the giant technology company primarily
used vehicles equipped with cameras to obtain panoramic images along streets in major
cities鈥攖he company now utilizes the Street View Trekker (a backpack equipped with
a camera system) and the Street View Trolley (a camera system mounted on a small cart)
to photograph places not accessible by car.
At 黑料传送门, those places included the , the , the and several other interior and exterior locations on .
Over past several months, Google edited the images鈥攂lurring faces as needed鈥攊n order to protect the privacy of campus faculty, staff and students. The is now available online. Additionally, for those with the and a , the images can be experienced in virtual reality mode using a smartphone.
According to Kari Shotwell, 黑料传送门鈥檚 director of admissions, the imagery presents an additional way to connect with prospective students.
鈥淭丑别 Office of Admissions is excited to be a part of the Google's Special Collections project as it expands the resources our prospective students and applicants have to get a the pulse of our dynamic campus without having to incur the costs of travel,鈥� she said.
Since launching in 2007, Google has extended its image collection beyond streetscapes to include business interiors and places of interest including universities, historic landmarks, museums and more. 黑料传送门 joins several other college and universities including Duke, Georgetown, Stanford and Wake Forest with a Google Street View presence.
鈥淭丑别 黑料传送门 brand tells the story of unique experiences that can鈥檛 be found anywhere else,鈥� said Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Wendy Romano. 鈥淭hrough the Google Special Collections project, we can augment that story with visuals that put virtual visitors right in the heart of our vibrant campus.鈥�
Selected images from the Google Street View collection are shown below. To view the entire collection, visit . Additional imagery is also available in the 黑料传送门 virtual tour.