A Delicious Journey Through Italy’s Food Valley
Apr | 14
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 More
Umbra Students Prepare for Re-Entry
Apr | 14
On Tuesday night, Umbra students started to think about going back home Re-entry is possibly the most overlooked aspect of study abroad. "Going home" often means leaving a new home behind. Many study abroad students will return as a changed... Read More
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