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Umbra Institute alumna Lindsay Paiva, spring 2011, moved to Florence at the beginning of October to begin research for her recently-awarded Fulbright grant. Paiva will dedicate the next year to work with Tuscany’s giovanese program, which provides youth in the... Read MoreOct | 11
Italian student Myriam Ciliani stumbled upon the subject of her latest lesson at the Umbra Institute while strolling through her hometown of Todi, a small city near Perugia, last Tuesday. Celebrated Italian director Sergio Castellito was filming in Todi last... Read MoreOct | 11
Kenyon College recently changed its academic requirements to allow students to study abroad without prior language credit, according to an article in the Kenyon Collegian. Until last week, students who planned to study off-campus in a non-English-speaking country had to... Read MoreOct | 09
Last weekend, three quarters of the Umbra Institute student body went on academic field trips around Italy. Students enrolled in the Food Studies Program met Professor Simon Young in Florence on Friday morning. The group strolled through the international food market... Read MoreOct | 05
Hemingway said, “Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.” Thursday evening, a group of Umbra Institute students conquered the author’s marker of civilization at a wine tasting at Énonè, a favorite local enoteca. With the guidance of longtime... Read MoreOct | 04
Over sangria and snacks, more than 50 Italians and Americans bonded over linguistic and cultural quirks during Umbra’s third successful Tandem of the fall semester at il Birraio Wednesday evening. Tandem is a semimonthly event that brings Umbra Institute students... Read More