Apr | 16
Just over a week ago, students were enjoying the sun in Sorrento, Capri, and Naples on the Umbra Institute’s Amalfi Coast trip. Planned during the nicest part of every semester, students started on with a noontime tour of the ancient... Read MoreApr | 14
Last night, Umbra students who participated in the UNICEF Pigotta project gathered along with the UNICEF volunteers from Perugia and the president of the Perugia UNICEF branch, Iva Catarinelli. During the aperitivo, Paola D'Amora (Umbra intern and head of the... Read MoreApr | 11
Nicole Visovsky, junior at Penn State University and organizer of Tom's One Day Without Shoes (subject of article below) here at Umbra, made a video of how it is for students in Perugia (Americans and Italians alike!) to walk not... Read MoreApr | 05
For most Third World children, every day is a day without shoes. To combat this, Tom's Shoes started a unique project: for every pair of shoes that they sell, they donate one pair to a needy child ina developing country.... Read MoreApr | 01
We all know that the Italian mamma is famous for sending her children food from afar, as does the woman in Southern Italy shown here, in this video from The Wall Street Journal. But are American "mamme" so different? While... Read MoreMar | 28
On March 22nd Saint Bonaventure professor Michael Chiariello gave the prestigious Ranieri Foundation lecture on Umberto Eco’s The Name Of The Rose. What relevance does Franciscan thought presented in Umberto Eco’s medieval detective novel The Name of the Rose have for... Read More