Umbra-Università per Stranieri Partnership Enhanced: Italian Students to Enroll at Umbra
Jun | 14
The Università per Stranieri in Perugia (The University for Foreigners) and The Umbra Institute have been academic partners for numerous years. Next year, this cooperation will intensify to welcome the local Italian students from the University for Foreigners into Umbra courses. The... Read More
Food & Sustainability Studies Program Alum Works on a Farm
Jun | 09
We recently got this report back from Cynthia Baur, a Dickinson College student who completed the Food & Sustainability Studies Program in April 2015. "This summer after I arrived home after a wonderful and eye-opening semester in Italy on the... Read More
Creighton Students Learn About Food and Sustainability
Jun | 05
Eight students from Creighton University, accompanied by professors Maria Teresa Maenza-Vanderboegh and Gregory Bucher, are in Perugia for one week of “Food and Sustainability Studies” at the Umbra Institute. Students are studying the history and culture of food in Italy... Read More
SoloItaliano Challenge: Intensive Italian Students Intensify Their Experience
Jun | 03
This summer's Intensive Italian Language and Culture Program students experienced something even more intense than usual: the first intensive SoloItaliano Challenge. Last week, our courageous students solemnly swore upon holy Italian dictionaries to speak only in Italian for four entire days.... Read More
History and Culture of Food Class Visits Covered Market of Perugia
Jun | 01
Alissa Foster, who is currently taking the History and Culture of Food in Italy class, recently visited the covered market of Perugia together with her classmates. The field lecture was led by prof. Elisa Ascione. The History of and Culture of Food... Read More
Umbra Photography Professor Philippa Stannard Awarded
May | 30
We are very proud to announce that our Umbra Photography professor Philippa Stannard has recently won two prestigious awards. The first one is the Worldwide Photography Gala Awards, specifically, the 7th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, in the category Street Photography... Read More