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Elizabeth Lutzvitch and Jordan Ashwood taste a local Umbrian wineLast Thursday, Umbra students attended a wine tasting at a local Perugia enoteca. The professional sommelier, Silvia Bartolini, demonstrated how to use our sense of smell, taste, and sight to examine... Read MoreJan | 25
Rita held up her hands to the Umbra Institute students and said, “This is my trademark, my guarantee.” To say they were calloused is an understatement—no pesticides means more pulling weeds—but it makes any sort of organic label redundant. As... Read MoreJan | 25
Harvard student and Umbra alumna Teagan Lehrman recently submitted a paper to the ASFS, the Association for the Study of Food and Society,the professional association of scholars who study food and food culture from various points of view. Lehrman, a... Read MoreJan | 24
What's the connection between monkeys, monks, and the cappuccino? Why is a caffè hip but a caffè in vetro (in a little class cup) even hipper? What does the Yemeni port Al-Moka have to do with coffee history? Did an Ethiopian... Read MoreJan | 24
Since you are already in Italy studying abroad, why don't add a volunteer experience? Umbra is excited to offer a special opportunity to study abroad students interested in volunteering with Monimbò, a local Fairtrade cooperative. Monimbò organizes a variety of... Read MoreJan | 23
Rick Steves, one of America's preeminent travelers and the creator of the eponymous "Rick Steves' Guide to...", recently wrote an article for USA Today about the necessity of studying abroad in an increasingly globalized world: Is now the time to be devoting... Read More