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Umbra students benefit from helping others with community engagement activities. With a needle and thread in hand, students began sewing their very own Pigotta doll for UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund. Every week, student volunteers will work towards creating... Read MoreSep | 29
This past weekend, thirty-six Umbra students headed to the beautiful “peninsula Sorrentina” to enjoy summer’s final encore. After getting rained on a little in Pompeii on Friday, the sun came out on Saturday afternoon in Capri, accompanying the group on a... Read MoreSep | 28
This past Friday the Italy of the Imagination creative writing class took a trip to Citta' di Castello, a nearby Umbrian city, to see the place where manuscripts become books. Umbra professor Cynthia Clough arranged the visit to the the... Read MoreSep | 28
The last week has seen a slow creep towards Autumn in Umbria. Heavier blankets have come down out of the attics, and on the Steps of the cathedral (ever the focal point of Perugia's social life) t-shirts and shorts have... Read MoreSep | 22
Umbra's Italian-American language exchange meetings, known around town as Tandem, kicked off last week with an aperitivo at the Birraio on Wednesday evening. Faculty and staff, as well as visitors from the Penn State University, joined students from Umbra and the... Read MoreSep | 22
This Tuesday evening, Peruginiand Umbra students alike were treated to a breathtaking performance of the classic French opera Carmen. The performance was staged at the historic Pavone Theater on Corso Vannucci in the center of Perugia, and was put on by the Teatro... Read More