Palazzo Farnese Visit
Feb | 14
Last Friday, Umbra students accompanied by Art History Professor Dr. Adrian Hoch took a tour of the Palazzo Farnese in Rome. Palazzo Farnese was once the home of the Farnese family and has housed the French Embassy since 1874. Professor... Read More
Students Turn Classroom into Vineyard
Feb | 02
It's that time of the semester, once again, when students wash their feet and stomp on buckets of grapes. It may not be the most desirable thought to consume wine made by your own feet, but the process has been... Read More
What’s the half-life of caffeine? Find out at the Coffee Workshop!
Feb | 02
Now you’ve heard everything you wanted to know about coffee in Italy but were afraid to ask. And while drinking a cup of Joe, too! Two days of coffee workshop: a break from the books and a safari of the... Read More
…Lacrosse? In Italy?
Feb | 02
As hard as it is to believe, Perugia actually has its own amateur team, Phoenix Perugia Lacrosse (website in Italian). Several Umbra students have been going to play with them two to three times per week to get out in the... Read More
San Martino in Perugia
Feb | 02
A typical end of summer event in small towns all over Italy is the "sagra," or town fair. Each sagra is dedicated to one food or another--examples include the "Sagra of the Onion" in nearby Canarra or the "Sagra of... Read More
Thanksgiving comes to Perugia
Feb | 02
"Where can you find a turkey in Perugia?" This has been, at least twice, a question asked to the Umbra staff member on the emergency phone, but last night the answer was not "Macelleria Croce in Piazza Matteotti" but rather... Read More