Dec | 10
Last night, students and professors gathered together to gander at the displays for the Umbra Institute’s biannual Student Art Show. In the hallways and classrooms, students showed off their best semester works from drawing, fresco painting, and photography classes. Thanks... Read MoreDec | 03
Yesterday’s olive oil workshop was an easy sell. Almost thirty Umbra Institute students filled a local enoteca to hear about Italy’s number two (after wine) food export. The first part of the workshop focused on the biochemistry of an olive,... Read MoreDec | 01
Italian In Four Projectors: Four separate projectors were turned on and heated up today for the Umbra Institute Italian classes’ oral presentations. As part of their classwork all students have to prepare an oral presentation (with PowerPoint, of course) about... Read MoreNov | 27
Perugians haven’t quite gotten the pronunciation down, but in the Umbra Institute’s eight years in Perugia they certainly have learned what the holiday is about. In the past week, the students have been running around, placing turkey orders with the... Read MoreNov | 27
November in Umbria means olives. It’s no surprise that Food Cultures professor Peter Fischer will be having a special food workshop next week – but we’ll wait until next week’s blog to talk about that. Olives mature in October and... Read MoreNov | 19
Perugia is featured in the November/December 2008 issue of National Geographic Traveler's "The World's Sexiest Small City." Check out what they have to say about this medieval treasure in the following article:http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2008/11/perugias-treasures.html Enjoy other photos taken around Perugia and throughout bella... Read More