Wine Tasting at Enone
Apr | 05
Our ever-eager and intrepid students dove nose-first last night into an integral part of Italian culture – wine tasting! Local enoteca ‘Enone’, located in Perugia’s most ancient district, Borgo Bello, played host to the evening of sniffing, swirling, and savoring,... Read More
A Tribute to David Larsen
Mar | 10
It is with great sadness that we deliver the news that our colleague and friend, David Chester Larsen, passed away on Monday morning, 2 March 2015. The Umbra Institute was founded in 1999 through a cooperative agreement with the Arcadia... Read MoreUmbra’s Sustainability Course is on the Air!
Mar | 03
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 | 01
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
Feb | 28
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
Feb | 25
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 More