Summer Students Explore the South!
May | 20
The Amalfi Coast This summer’s optional trip gave a select number of students an opportunity to discover certain parts along the coast southern Italy. For three days, Umbra staff led students around the breath-taking Amalfi Coast, including visits to Pompei,... Read More
Summer Food Studies: Introduction to Italian Coffee Culture
May | 18
What is the difference between a caffè macchiato and a latte macchiato, and why do you get funny looks from the waiter when you order a moka at an Italian bar? The Umbra Summer Food Studies students discovered the answers... Read More
Promising Wine Journalists Refine Their Palates
May | 16
Professor John C. Hartsock’s course, JCFS 380 Wine Journalism: Telling Stories of Wine, explores the history, tasting, production, sustainability and journalism of wine. The visiting SUNY Cortland professor and wine author started the summer session off right by taking students to a... Read More
May in Perugia: Maymester Students Explore Italy!
May | 14
The famous Dario Cecchini butcher poses with LVC students. This May, The Umbra Institute was honored to host two special faculty-led groups, from Lebanon Valley College and the University of Connecticut, for the “Maymester." Over the course of three weeks, both... Read More
Umbra Welcomes Summer Session Students to Perugia!
May | 12
On Saturday, seventy excited students arrived from all over the States for the summer session. Students were greeted at the Rome airport by Umbra staff and shuttled to Perugia in private buses, where they were given orientation information and a... Read More
Umbra Professors Speak at American Academy Conference in Rome
Apr | 28
The Umbra Institute has co-sponsored a conference titled "Italy's covered markets: history and contemporary re-use", held at the American Academy in Rome. Umbra professors Elisa Ascione and Alessandro Celani gave a joint presentation entitled: "The Covered Market of Perugia. A... Read More