Food, Sustainability, & Environment Students Visit Italian Gastronomic Heartland
Oct | 05
Last weekend, students in Umbra’s program for Food, Sustainability, & Environment (FSE) went to Parma and Modena for what is one of the most significant field trips of their study abroad experience. Accompanied by the three co-instructors of the FSE... Read More
Italy: An Example for the World
Sep | 17
16 September 2021 - Washington, DC During a visit to the Italian Embassy in Washington, DC on Thursday, Dr. Anthony Fauci stated that, "Italy has become an example to the world". Fauci went on to compliment and promote Italy for... Read More
Bentornati! Umbra and Perugia Ready for Fall Reopening
Sep | 16
The whole Umbra Institute community is awaiting the arrival of the students in the Fall 2021 cohort, who will come to a city bathed in the later summer sun. Perugia has always been welcoming to American and all other foreign... Read More
Giving Back by Teaching English
May | 19
One of Umbra’s missions as a place of academic and personal growth is to give back to the community that gives our students so much. This semester we are proud to say that nearly one-quarter of our entire student body... Read More
Food Studies Program goes to Rome
Feb | 15
All roads lead to Rome, though this Saturday Umbra Institute students took the train for their Roman culinary tour. The early-morning departure from Perugia's train station let the day start relatively early. The first stop was the historic market in... Read MoreBasketball: Umbra vs. Onaosi
Oct | 10
On October 7th, a group of eight students from the Umbra Institute participated in a friendly game of hoops against the Fondazione Onaosi Perugia basketball team. Fondazione Onaosi is a dormitory in Perugia for Italian students. Although the students from... Read More