New Umbra Students Arrive
Jan | 02
Though the first fifteen Full Immersion students arrived last Wednesday, and the rest of the over-hundred strong student body members got to Rome's Fiumicino airport on Friday, yesterday was the real beginning of their Umbra experience. The day began with... Read More
Final Activities
Nov | 05
The reading of the Literary Anthology for Professor Clough’s creative writing class took place last night at La Tana. Students read from the essays that recorded their study abroad experiences in Italy. We laughed, we cried, but most of all... Read More
Olive Oil Producers Open The Taps!
Nov | 05
In a riff on the traditional "open cellars" celebrations, Umbrian olive oil producers will be opening up their workshops for tastings the weekend of the 7th-8th of November. The "open cellars" weekends started as a marketing technique of the wine... Read MoreHot Springs!
Oct | 05
Thursday night, after a long day of Italian mid-terms, seventeen Umbra Students (as well as two staff members, Paul Schiller and Zach Nowak) headed to the soothing waters of the hot springs in San Casciano. The event was just what... Read MoreHalfway There
Oct | 05
As tired eyes and sore feet descend back "home" to Perugia, stories fill small Italian kitchens over boiling pots of pasta. Umbra Institute's Spring Break 2009 has come and gone, leaving little undiscovered and even smaller amounts in our bank... Read More