Umbra Professor Gives Two Presentations Stateside
Oct | 02
Professor Giampiero Bevagna travelled to Connecticut last week to give presentations on Roman civilization. Giampiero Bevagna, Umbra’s Roman Empire professor was recently invited to give presentations at two conferences in Connecticut at both Trinity College in Hartford and Connecticut... Read More
Tiramisù Heaven
Oct | 02
What do chocolate, sugar, and coffee have in common?Yes, they all are delicious, but they're also the ingredients in the famous Italian dessert known as tiramisù, or in English, ‘Pick me up!’. Some say the recipe for this dangerously satisfying... Read More
Taste of Home
Oct | 02
We all know that the Italian mamma is famous for sending her children food from afar, as does the woman in Southern Italy shown here, in this video from The Wall Street Journal. But are American "mamme" so different? While... Read More
TOM’S One Day Without Shoes Video
Oct | 02
Nicole Visovsky, junior at Penn State University and organizer of Tom's One Day Without Shoes (subject of article below) here at Umbra, made a video of how it is for students in Perugia (Americans and Italians alike!) to walk... Read More
UNICEF Aperitivo
Oct | 02
Last night, Umbra students who participated in the UNICEF Pigotta project gathered along with the UNICEF volunteers from Perugia and the president of the Perugia UNICEF branch, Iva Catarinelli. During the aperitivo, Paola D'Amora (Umbra intern and head of the... Read More
Some Suggestions for Last Things to Do
Oct | 02
Today is one of the Umbra Institute's last days for the Spring 2011. Here are a few things to do before you leave... 5. Taste a Bacio . Most of the Italian classes have toured the home of the world-famous... Read More