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The Umbra Institute welcomed its new students for the spring semester Friday morning at the airport in Rome. After a three hour journey by bus, the students arrived at the famous Hotel Gio. In the evening students met their semester... Read MoreDec | 16
The reading of the Literary Anthology for Professor Clough’s creative writing class took place last night at La Tana. Students read from the essays that recorded their study abroad experiences in Italy. We laughed, we cried, but most of all... Read MoreDec | 16
Hard to believe that the Fall 2008 students arrived in Perugia only four months ago! Exams are finished, suitcases are almost packed, and everyone is running out to buy last minute gifts and reminders of their favorite little town in... Read MoreDec | 11
Wednesday evening at the Umbra Institute, the Uguccione Ranieri di Sorbello Foundation awarded the academic prize to Sophia Schwatka for most outstanding student of Italian. Each of the 22 participating candidates for the prize submitted a short essay on the... Read MoreDec | 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 More