Dec | 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 MoreNov | 25
The Little Blue What-To-Do, a local free press guide to Perugia just went live online. Two Umbra students, Frances Walsh and Sophie Schechter, were responsible for the editing of the pages that were transferred from paper to the digital version,... Read MoreNov | 23
University for Foreigners Direct Enrollment student Haley Sciola sat down to chat with a few of the Italian Università di Perugia (UP) students involved with Umbra this semester. Umbra’s partnership with UP allows Italian students to ‘study abroad’ at Umbra... Read More