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
One Month to Go!
Apr | 25
Today is the last day of March, and the Spring 2010 students officially have less than one month left in Perugia and at the Umbra Institute. Knowing how quickly this month will fly by, here are Umbra's Top Five Must-Do's... Read More
Gnocchi — it’s what’s for dinner
Apr | 05
Four years ago Erin Jordan came to Italy and the first thing she ate was gnocchi, Italy's potato and flour reponse to knoedel. At the Arrival Dinner on her first night in Perugia, Jordan sat down to the table with... Read More