In Good Spirits
Jun | 05
It’s only the second week of Umbra’s 2007 summer session, but the students have already discovered one of Italy’s greatest assets. And it’s not the Coliseum. Wine, or vino in Italian, has a long and illustrious history. The word comes... Read MoreTandem for Summer
Jun | 04
Umbra Institute students and local Italians filled the spacious frescoed rooms of Umbra building in Via Marzia as the first meeting of the Italian-English language exchange program, known as TANDEM, began this Tandem offers Umbra students the opportunity to converse... Read MoreBenvenuti! – Summer 2007 –
May | 30
This past Saturday, students from the Arcadia University Center for Education Abroad, the University of Richmond, Saint Bonaventure University, the Università degli Studi di Perugia and more arrived in Perugia for the start of the 2007 summer session. A wide... Read MoreUmbra Talent Show, Spring 2007 Edition
Apr | 23
Last Thursday the Umbra Institute had the latest edition of the biannual Talent Show. Our growing enrolment meant that even with a larger-than-normal venue (the University of Perugia’s 100Dieci Pub and Student Mensa), the hall was full to almost capacity.A number... Read More
Favorite Sport: Reading
Apr | 20
A record-breaking number of students showed up at La Tana del Orso for the semesterly Literary Reading for Professor Cindy Clough's Creative Writing class. They crowded into Via Ulisse Rocchi prior to the 7:30 event, many worried that the televised... Read More