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This semester, two students in the Contemporary Italy: Culture, Society, and Trends course are participating in the Famiglia Italiana Project. Annie Bodian and Taylor Speranza meet with a local family once a week to participate in their daily life, go... Read MoreNov | 20
Everyone is familiar with the image of a connoisseur pushing wine around in his or her mouth and describing the quality and the "notes" of this and that in it. Umbra Institute students learned to do the same last week during a workshop... Read MoreNov | 14
On Tuesday, November 13th, Pizza & Musica hosted Umbra's Pizza-Making Workshop. Ten students listened intently to the history behind Italy’s famous dish before crowding around the pizzaiolo to learn the art of the perfect pizza. First, students spread the dough... Read MoreNov | 08
On Friday, November 2nd and Saturday, November 3rd, the Roman Empire class trekked through Rome to see first-hand the monuments, forums, and geography of their class material. The first activity was a walk that followed the same path as the... Read MoreNov | 07
While their Italian neighbors slept peacefully in their beds, Umbra Institute students — many of whom are first-time voters — spent the early hours of the morning glued to classroom seats, watching the 2012 presidential election unfold. From 2 a.m. onward, students,... Read MoreNov | 05
“There’s an old peasant proverb: ‘Leave the land a little better than you found it,’” said Stefano Cantelmo, head engineer for Montevibiano Vecchio Winery in Italy. Standing 20 feet below ground level, Umbra Institute students listened carefully to Cantelmo as... Read More