Summer Food Studies: Introduction to Italian Coffee Culture
Jun | 09
What is the difference between a caffè macchiato and a latte macchiato, and why do you get funny looks from the waiter when you order a moka at an Italian bar? The Umbra Summer Food Studies students discovered the answers... Read More
Promising Wine Journalists Refine Their Palates
Jun | 02
Professor John C. Hartsock’s course, JCFS 380 Wine Journalism: Telling Stories of Wine, explores the history, tasting, production, sustainability and journalism of wine. The visiting SUNY Cortland professor and wine author started the summer session off right by taking students to a... Read More
Benvenuti, Intensive Italian and Archaeology Students!
Jun | 01
This past weekend, Umbra welcomed its new Intensive Italian Program and Archaeology Field School students. Intensive Italian and Archaeology StudentsAfter being picked up at the airport in Rome and transferred privately to Perugia, the new students enjoyed a weekend to... Read More
May in Perugia: Maymester Students Explore Italy!
May | 28
The famous Dario Cecchini butcher poses with LVC students.This May, The Umbra Institute was honored to host two special faculty-led groups, from Lebanon Valley College and the University of Connecticut, for the “Maymester." Over the course of three weeks, both groups... Read More
Umbra Welcomes Summer Session Students to Perugia!
May | 25
On Saturday, seventy excited students arrived from all over the States for the summer session.Students were greeted at the Rome airport by Umbra staff and shuttled to Perugia in private buses, where they were given orientation information and a lovely... Read MoreUmbra Institute at NAFSA 2015 in Boston
May | 20
The Umbra Institute is available to meet with you or any of your colleagues at NAFSA 2015 in Boston at our booth #1731. We would like to update you on our latest academic developments and new opportunities for your students.... Read More