Mar | 29
This past weekend was the semi-annual Umbra optional trip to Sorrento and the surrounding area, the Amalfi Coast. Staff members Mauro Renna and Zach Nowak met sleepy students in Piazza Italia on Friday morning at 6am, where the adventure began.... Read MoreMar | 24
Just as the weather in Perugia is starting to warm up and the main corso is filling with caffe tables and white umbrellas, students in Umbra's Food Cultures class had a chance to visit a local artisanalgelateria to see how Italy's... Read MoreMar | 22
Her name is a little bit different in Italian, but that didn't present any sort of linguistic barrier to the Umbra Institute students participating in a fundraiser for Unicef. The project involves sewing together rag dolls, which are then sold... Read MoreMar | 19
Starting April 11, Perugia's Galleria Nazionale will be be displaying two-hundred and forty photographs by Steve McCurry--most well-known for his work during the Soviet war in Afghanistan.McCurry shot the famous photograph "Afghan Girl" (whose name he later found out to... Read MoreMar | 16
No none knows what came first, the chicken or the egg, and just as mysterious is whether the Hershey's kiss or the Perugina bacio was first. Original or copy, the bacio tastes just as good on the lips, and to... Read MoreMar | 15
"Big Ben and Friends" by Sarah DeNapoli from the University of Denver! Sarah will enjoy a free pizza from Quattro Passi Pizzeria. Complimenti! Read More