Field Trip to the South a Sunny Success
Apr | 15
Sunhats in hand and sunscreen applied, 35 Umbra students and three staff members boarded a bus Friday morning, ready for the Optional Trip to the South of Italy. The first stop on the Umbra Optional Trip was Pompei. "I just... Read MoreUmbra Sponsors Guest Lecture on Terroir
Apr | 15
Sponsored by the Umbra Institute, University of Texas: San Antonio Professor Kolleen Guy presented "Eating Landscape," a talk about the intersection of typical products and marketing, in the frescoed hall of the Uguccione Ranieri di Sorbello Foundation on Wednesday evening.... Read MoreSaints & Sinners in Siena
Apr | 05
On Friday, March 29th, HSWS 38 Saints, Sinners and Harlots: Medieval Women in Central Italy went to Siena on a day trip. The academic field trip began with a tour of the Duomo di Siena, which included the Piccolomini Library... Read MoreNew Community Engagement Initiatives
Apr | 02
Academic and Non-Academic InternshipsSummer InternshipThe Umbra Summer Internship launched last year and was a great success. Food Studies Program students interned with Lungarotti, one of the largest Umbrian wineries, to help the company improve its online presence. In Summer 2013,... Read More
Fresco Painting Class Visits the Abbey of San Pietro
Apr | 02
Recently Professor William Pettit’s Fresco Painting course, ARFP 210, visited several churches to see paintings on site and to inform their study of the increasingly rare technique of fresco. The highlight of their trip was perhaps the Abbey of San... Read MoreNew Faculty at Umbra
Mar | 28
The Umbra Institute is welcoming three new faculty members. While all three have been collaborating with the Institute for the last year, they will take the reins of one of the Institute’s classes starting next semester. Dr. Elisa Ascione received... Read More