Students Discover Finer Side of Wine
Sep | 17
Wednesday evening, a group of Umbra Institute students boned up on their dinner party conversation at a wine tasting at Énonè, a favorite Perugian enoteca. With the guidance of longtime sommelier Silvia Bartolini, the students learned to analyze wine based... Read MoreSo the Students Become the Pizzaioli
Sep | 17
Last night, students wandered down twisting streets to find Pizza e Musica, a hidden Perugia pizzeria that once served as a convent, and participate in the favorite Umbra Pizza Workshop. Umbra staff members Julie Falk and Laura Fronduti shattered more... Read More
5 Reasons to Participate in Community Engagement
Sep | 10
By Nicole Flohr, Lebanon Valley College and Umbra Rep Fall ’19 Over 95 percent of Umbra students participate in community engagement each semester. Engaging in a meaningful way with the local community and Italian culture is one of the... Read More
Intensive Italian week a smashing success!
Sep | 02
All students at Umbra are required to participate in a one-week intensive Italian "survival" course before regular electives (and Italian) courses start. In the morning, an intensive grammar and vocabulary review takes place in the classroom, while in the afternoon,... Read More
Da Vinci Trip to Florence and Milan
Sep | 02
This past weekend, twenty Umbra students and one of their Italian classmates took a whirlwind tour of Florence and Milan with Professor Adrian Hoch’s Leonardo da Vinci course. The first stop in Florence was, fittingly, the historical Bar San Firenze... Read More
36 Hours in Perugia
Aug | 25
Luckily our students get to stay longer, but it was nice to have the recognition of being one of Italy's (and, heck Europe's) best places to visit. The New York Times travel section gave a shout-out to Perugia, describing a... Read More