11-16-2010 Umbra Professor Presents at Conference on Cultural Integration
Jun | 02
Professor Zachary Nowak participated in a conference on cultural integration in Florence. This past weekend Umbra Institute professor Zachary Nowak presented a paper on the creation of Italian-American cuisine during a conference in Florence. The conference, entitled “Italian Cultural... Read More
Umbra Orientation, Summer 2010 Edition
May | 19
Volcanic eruptions had made the weather here in Perugia spotty but the Umbrian sun smiled on the new crowd of Umbra Institute students, whohad their Orientation yesterday in the main room of Perugia's beautiful fourteenth century town hall. Most of... Read More
Stop the Presses!
May | 02
This past Friday the Italy of the Imagination creative writing class took a trip to Citta' di Castello, a nearby Umbrian city, to see the place where manuscripts become books. Umbra professor Cynthia Clough arranged the visit to the the... Read More
Summer’s Last Hurrah in Sorrento
May | 02
This past weekend, thirty-six Umbra students headed to the beautiful “peninsula Sorrentina” to enjoy summer’s final encore. After getting rained on a little in Pompeii on Friday, the sun came out on Saturday afternoon in Capri, accompanying the group on... Read More
Photo of the Month
May | 02
Congrats to Max Milhan from University of Colorado-Boulder for his winning photo of the memorial along the Danube! Max will enjoy free pizza from Quattro Passi Pizzeria! Read More
Creative Writing Reading
May | 02
As part of the end of semester events, last night Umbra's Creative Writing students read their work at Loop Cafe. American and Italian students alike gathered around to listen to their classmates' writings from this semester. Among the readings there... Read More