The Unbearable Lightness of Bread

Mar | 23

Leavening wasn’t the only topic yesterday during the Bread & Pasta Workshop, part of Professor Peter Fischer’s Food Cultures course. The workshop – one in a series of three – makes for a more hands-on academic course. Students learned about... Read More
Goodbye Dinner for Tandem Friends

Mar | 22

After almost three months of weekly Wednesday Tandem meetings, attendance is still high. Last night a great group of Italian and Umbra students met to enjoy a nice buffet of pizza and pasta, at a local dive the Zibaldone.While in... Read More
Travel Adventures

Mar | 19

Finland, a place of oddities and wonders, and the beginning of my spring break. While in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, I saw many a thing, but only a few are noteworthy. First and foremost, it is a city similar... Read More
Discovering Leonardo

Mar | 19

This weekend the Leonardo da Vinci class went on an exciting trip to Florence and Milan in order to get a closer look at several of Leonardo’s works. Friday, the brave Mauro Renna and Academic Director Dr. Carol Clark escorted... Read More
Spring Has Sprung!

Mar | 14

The winter in Perugia this year was anything but oppressive – actually, it was the warmest on record since records have been, well, on record. But despite the mild temperatures it was coldish and rained quite a bit and generally... Read More
Photo of the Month!

Mar | 02

This month's Photo of the Month contest was a tie! Congratulations to Janelle Serianni from Assumption College and Mallory Hane from Lebanon Valley College. Both Janelle and Mallory will enjoy a free dinner from Quattro Passi Pizzeria. Photo of Perugia... Read More

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