Dec | 12
Art? Check. Refreshments? Check. Big turnout? Check. Students, staff and professors gathered this afternoon in Umbra’s art studio at Via dei Priori to sip some wine and admire this semester’s photos and frescoes. Ancient Rome was this semester’s backdrop theme... Read MoreDec | 04
This past weekend saw the capstone field trip of the core course of the Food Studies Program, to Parma and Modena. After a semester of in-class learning and out-of-class workshops, students got to compare their knowledge to the reality of Italian food... Read MoreDec | 02
December has officially arrived, and the Fall 2011 students have two weeks left in Perugia and at the Umbra Institute. Knowing how quickly time will fly between exams, final papers, and saying goodbye to new friends, here are the Umbra... Read MoreDec | 01
Study abroad is great opportunity to see with your own eyes the European history you studied in high school. Exactly that happened when an Umbra Italian class went to see a special exhibition about the Risorgimento (Italian unification movement) in... Read MoreNov | 30
Student, faculty, staff and friends eat an American meal at Perugia's Contrappunto. The project was the fruit of over a month of planning. As part of the course, class participants had to come up with a restaurant concept, decide on... Read MoreNov | 25
"Where can you find a turkey in Perugia?" This has been, at least twice, a question asked to the Umbra staff member on the emergency phone, but last night the answer was not "Macelleria Croce in Piazza Matteotti" but rather... Read More