Jul | 11
“Pallone è vita!” yelled Umbra Institute student Christian Sbarro as he dribbled a basketball past Italians down the courts in Piazza Grimana on sunny Saturday, ready to score.Ball is life.July 5-7, Sbarro and his classmates Billy Grayson and Chris DiLisio... Read MoreJul | 05
Perugia is on the eve of one of its most celebrated events, Umbria Jazz. Since 1973, jazz lovers from around the world have flocked to Umbria Jazz, a time when the streets of Perugia vibrate with music and culture from... Read MoreJul | 04
Once upon a time, a man named Mauro was walking past the sun-baked Perugian steps when suddenly, a swallow fell from the sky. “Mamma mia!” he exclaimed. Umbrina, as she came to be called, was a baby swallow on her... Read MoreJul | 04
After several years of community engagement program development, the Umbra Institute is proud to announce Co-Operative Education Opportunities (Co-Ops) with local businesses in and around Perugia. Created in response to growing demand for international work experience, the Co-Ops allow students... Read MoreJun | 28
The walls of the Umbra Institute’s Via Danzetta Studio radiated inspiration during Wednesday afternoon’s end-of-the-summer art show. Students enrolled in Pastel Drawing and Photography courses rubbed elbows with their fellow students and Umbra staff and faculty, explaining their artistic choices... Read MoreJun | 27
This past Saturday Harvard undergrad Teagan Lehrman presented a paper at the annual conference for the Association for the Study of Food and Culture (ASFS). Lehrman's paper, "Steamed, Sealed, Delivered: How Canning Revolutionized, Unified,and Globalized Italian Cuisine," grew out of... Read More