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In the News at Umbra

05-02-2013
Student Video of Perugia, People and Umbra >>

Champan University film student Stephen Doyle has combined his newly learned skills and exceptional talent to produce a...

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04-29-2013

Umbra Alum Launches Graduate Journal of Food Studies >>

Former Umbra Institute student Brad Jones recently announced the launch of the Graduate Journal of Food...

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04-24-2013

Umbra Professor Publishes Book on Perugia History >>

Want to know who the residents of Pig Street were? Curious why Perugians fought only...

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04-15-2013

Umbra Sponsors Guest Lecture on Terroir >>

Sponsored by the Umbra Institute, University of Texas: San Antonio Professor Kolleen Guy presented "Eating...

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T-minus Seven Days to Summer Semester

T-minus Seven Days to Summer Semester

May 18th, 2013

It’s caffè shakerato season in Perugia again.    Cafés have spilled out onto the cobblestone [...]

Student Video of Perugia, People and Umbra

Student Video of Perugia, People and Umbra

May 2nd, 2013

Champan University film student Stephen Doyle has combined his newly learned skills and exceptional [...]

Farewell Aperitivo Concludes Spring Semester

Farewell Aperitivo Concludes Spring Semester

April 26th, 2013

After taking final group photographs in front of the picturesque view behind il Birraio, students, s[...]

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