SoloItaliano Challenge: Intensive Italian Students Intensify Their Experience
Jul | 07
This summer's Intensive Italian Language and Culture Program students experienced something even more intense than usual: the first intensive SoloItaliano Challenge. Last week, our courageous students solemnly swore upon holy Italian dictionaries to speak only in Italian for four entire days.... Read More
Creighton Students Learn About Food and Sustainability
Jul | 02
Eight students from Creighton University, accompanied by professors Maria Teresa Maenza-Vanderboegh and Gregory Bucher, are in Perugia for one week of “Food and Sustainability Studies” at the Umbra Institute. Students are studying the history and culture of food in Italy... Read More
History and Culture of Food Class Visits Covered Market of Perugia
Jun | 15
Alissa Foster, who is currently taking the History and Culture of Food in Italy class, recently visited the covered market of Perugia together with her classmates. The field lecture was led by prof. Elisa Ascione. The History of and Culture of Food... Read More
Fresco Painting Class Takes on Borgo Bello Neighborhood
Jun | 12
Umbra's Fresco Painting class has ventured outside of their studio! For a few weeks now, Perugia's inhabitants have been admiring a new fresco painting on one of Borgo Bello's walls in Via Fiorenzuola. This fresco project began at the request of a neighborhood organization... Read More
Umbra Photography Professor Philippa Stannard Awarded
Jun | 11
We are very proud to announce that our Umbra Photography professor Philippa Stannard has recently won two prestigious awards. The first one is the Worldwide Photography Gala Awards, specifically, the 7th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, in the category Street Photography... Read MoreSummer Students Explore the South!
Jun | 11
The Amalfi CoastThis summer’s optional trip gave a select number of students an opportunity to discover certain parts along the coast southern Italy. For three days, Umbra staff led students around the breath-taking Amalfi Coast, including visits to Pompei, Sorrento,... Read More