A Delicious Journey Through Italy’s Food Valley
Apr | 01
This weekend the History and Culture of Food in Italy class embarked on what can only be described as an epic food voyage through Parma, the capital city of Italy’s “food valley,” Emilia-Romagna. Watching parmigiano being aged in pools of... Read MoreUmbra’s Sustainability Course is on the Air!
Mar | 31
The Umbra Institute is radio famous! Through a recent partnership with Radiophonica, the official radio station of the University of Perugia, students in the sustainability course are working in groups to create individual podcast episodes aimed at bringing awareness to... Read More
GOOOOOOOALLLLLL! Umbra Soccer Takes Off
Mar | 30
This semester Umbra Italian Professor Giuliano Agamennoni took it upon himself to organize Umbra’s first-ever soccer team! The team met every Sunday afternoon, leaving the students plenty of time for studying and travelling the rest of the week. Professor Agamennoni... Read More
Behind the Scenes at Pashmere
Mar | 26
Umbra’s Intercultural Marketing course provides students with the theory behind business and marketing practices in international companies. This semester, Umbra is continuing its collaboration with Pashmere, a family-run luxury cashmere company. Last week, the students visited Pashmere’s offices just outside... Read More
A Dog, a Man, and an Umbra Class in the Forest: Truffle-Hunting Field Trip
Mar | 19
Last weekend, the students in Professor Simon Young’s HSIT350: The History and Culture of Food course went on an exciting truffle-hunting field trip to Matteo Bartolini’s agriturismo and truffle school, Ca’ Solare, near Citta di Castello. The class poses at... Read MoreUmbra Professor Analyzes Study Abroad Through Student Narratives
Mar | 16
Umbra Institute professor Christian Tarchi has conducted a study analyzing students' narratives through a video-log assignment as a source for reflection on their cross-cultural understanding. Professor Tarchi will present his latest findings this August in Cyprus, at the 16th Biennial EARLI Conference... Read More