Language and Lunch
Feb | 11
This week the Intensive Italian through Culture Summer Program kicked off its Monday lunches at the La Piazzetta. The restaurant, with its Etruscan walls and modern twist on classic Umbrian dishes, sets the stage for these social gatherings. Each Monday,... Read More
Marietta College Junior Megan Mason writes about “embracing the Italian lifestyle”
Feb | 09
"I am in Italy, surrounded by ancient buildings, panoramic views, new people and a new way of life." Marietta College Junior Megan Mason wrote a front-page article for the Marietta newspaper, The Marcolian, about her experience studying abroad in Italy with the... Read More
Umbra Pizza Night!
Feb | 05
Another Umbra Institute pizza night, another success! After a tough loss in the semester's basketball game against ONAOSI, an Italian school, players and fans both tromped through the cold and snow to Il Paiolo, a pizzeria in the center of... Read More
Stained Glass Magic – Internship and Seminar Abroad
Feb | 05
Don’t be fooled. These aren’t paintings...they're stained glass masterpieces. House museum interns from the INIT 350: Academic Internship and Seminar course explored a small treasure here in Perugia called the Studio Moretti Caselli. Established in 1859, the Studio Moretti Caselli... Read More
Welcome Aperitivo
Feb | 05
Taking a break from the Intensive Italian week to get to each other, Spring 2012 students met a the Birraio for the damous Umbra Welcome Aperitivo. This time Birraio added an American touch, and brought out hamburgers! Suffice it to... Read More
Food Studies Program visits Italy’s culinary heartland
Jan | 30
Pellegrino Artusi,who in 1890 wrote Italy's first modern cookbook, had grown up in Emilia-Romagna (a region in the north known for its hearty food) but lived out his adult life in Tuscany's capital, Florence. Despite lots of culinary contributions from... Read More