Umbra Professor interviewed on BBC Scotland
Jun | 02
Umbra professor gives radio interview regarding his recently published book, Celtic Revolution, "a popular history of Celtic civilization." (more…) Read More
Soaking up the Sun
Jun | 02
Lemon trees and crystal clear blue water. Life doesn't get much better than this. Students who came on the optional trip enjoyed a weekend of fun in the sun in Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri, and Naples. The trip started with a... Read More
French Movie, Italian Cinema
Jun | 02
Last Thursday evening, Umbra students were invited to watch the film "Chocolat" at the Onaosi dorm for women in Perugia with other Italian students. The film was shown in Italian with English subtitles and was accompanied by a small aperitivo.... Read More
Tandem – Karaoke 2
Jun | 02
It's incredible! It's the first semester that we have done karaoke during Tandem. If you're studying abroad and you want to integrate and learn the language, you need practice. So what a better solution then to do karaoke in Italy!... Read More
Food and Business class opens “Trattoria Americana”
Jun | 02
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 recipes to use, examine food costing and determine a break-even point, develop... Read More
Roberto, an Italian Umbra alum, on his experience in New York!
May | 05
This post is guest-written by Roberto, an Italian engineering and architecture student who studied at Umbra in the spring of 2011 and then spent the following fall in New York. I spent four months in NYC as a guest of... Read More