Sep | 08
All students at Umbra are required to participate in a one-week intensive Italian "survival" course before regular electives (and Italian) courses start. In the morning, an intensive grammar and vocabulary review takes place in the classroom, while in the afternoon,... Read MoreSep | 05
Studying abroad in Italy can be disorienting ....whichever city a student chooses as the final destination for their semester. There are obvious cultural differences: the language, the food, the people, not to mention having to adjust to walking on cobblestone... Read MoreSep | 02
After the first group of students arrived last Wednesday to direct enroll in the Italian university system, today's the day the rest of Umbra students touch down on Italian soil. Arriving at Rome's Fiumicino airport, they will be greeted by... Read MoreJul | 13
Clemson students visited the high end cashmere brand Brunello Cucinelli. B. Cucinelli factory is located in Solomeo, a 20 minutes from Perugia, a beautiful village surrounded by sunflower fields. Over the past thirty years, as his company has grown from... Read MoreJul | 13
Perugia's annual jazz festival, Umbria Jazz, begins in just two days! Harvard students, Intensive Italian students and USC/Clemson students will be here to enjoy the concerts and festivities. Perugia's piazze are already lively as it is in the summer but... Read MoreJul | 11
Alessandra Pettinelli, Umbra Italian professor, publishes book on how to use Perugia as a "living language laboratory." (more…) Read More