Learning to Live in Italy
Oct | 02
Perhaps the most important aspect of Umbra students’ first week in Perugia is the intensive “survival” Italian course. Working with Umbra’s Italian faculty members, they start first in the classroom learning basic vocabulary like cucchiaio,forchetta, and coltello (spoon, fork, knife). They then proceed... Read More
Fall Sets In
Oct | 02
The last week has seen a slow creep towards Autumn in Umbria. Heavier blankets have come down out of the attics, and on the Steps of the cathedral (ever the focal point of Perugia's social life) t-shirts and shorts have... Read More
Elixirs, Love, and Opera!
Oct | 02
This past Tuesday night, students in Professor Antonella Valoroso's Honors class spent a night at the Opera. The show of choice: L'Elisir d'Amore (performed at Teatro Morlacchi) written by Gaetano Donizetti in 1832. Donizetti wrote this opera in only seven days after... Read More
Umbra Professor Publishes Important Paper On Florentine Tabernacle
Oct | 02
Umbra Institute Art History Professor Adrian Hoch, working with previously unpublished documents, has written an intriguing paper on a fourteenth century tabernacle. In mid-fourteenth century Florence, a man who later was declared a beato, the Blessed Chiarito del Voglia... Read More
Cioccolato!
Oct | 02
It's that time of year again, Eurochocolate! Every year in the fall for a week, the streets of Perugia fill up with chocolate and chocolate lovers alike. People flock to the historical center of town from all over the world... Read More