Returning Home: Demonstrating your Experience
Sep | 10
Once the semester ends you will be thinking of getting back to your friends and family, settling back into your old routine, and even how to deal with reverse culture shock. But it is also very important for you to... Read MoreLove Letter to Perugia
Sep | 10
By Claudia Conrad, Umbra Spring 2020 Alum Dear Perugia, I must confess something… I love you. I may not be from you, but you have made me feel more than welcomed, and there’s no other place that makes... Read More
Alum Looks Back and Gives Tips for Working in Corporate
Sep | 10
An Interview with Ariel Stern Umbra Institute Fall 2013 Alum from Brandeis University This article is part of Umbra’s Alumni Success Series. Study abroad inspires students from all backgrounds and with all sorts of career goals. Therefore, each article... Read More
Umbra welcomes new director… back to Perugia
Sep | 10
The Umbra Institute is welcoming back longtime staff member Zachary Nowak back to Perugia—now as the new director. Nowak started working at Umbra in 2005 as a study services assistant. After learning the ropes helping professors attach their laptops to... Read More
Engaging Italian Mafia History through Cinema and Activism
Sep | 03
HSIT 380: Cosa Nostra: Cinema and History of the Mafia is a course that covers the emergence of the Mafia phenomenon both in Sicily and America and its continuation in contemporary society, while also looking into how the criminal organization... Read More
Study Abroad Welcome Weekend at Umbra
Aug | 30
Students learn Italian vocabulary and customs through ice-breaker activities. This weekend, Umbra Staff eagerly awaited Fall 2016 students at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport as they arrived for their study abroad semester in Perugia, Italy. The welcome weekend at Umbra is one... Read More