The Dark Side of Chocolate – Interns Hold Documentary Screening
Sep | 20
Interns in INIT 350: Fair Trade at the Umbra Institute traveled to the Monimbo Fair Trade Cooperative in Foligno to learn the secrets of Fair Trade chocolate. Students were led through a mouth-watering chocolate tasting that featured the use of... Read MoreFlash Mob With a Purpose: Urban Spaces Students in Borgo Bello
Sep | 17
Students in Umbra's Urban Spaces course are redefining community. This course aims to give students an understanding of, and appreciation for, the relationships between people, perceptions, identity, and public space. Since September, the class has been examining Perugia's Borgo Bello... Read More
Arcadia Orientation Day
Sep | 17
This weekend Umbra’s Arcadia University students participated in an orientation day with Arcadia’s Italian Resident Director. The day was far from ordinary, allowing for open student dialogue and a chance to see the daily life of a rural farmer at... Read More
Student Voice: The Many Tastes of Chocolate
Sep | 15
Fair Trade Intern and Umbra student Ashley Webb recently wrote an article about some of the initiatives she and her classmates participated in this semester. Below are her words that give more insight into their activities from a student perspective:... Read MoreHungry? Why not Gim ch’è Bulo??
Jun | 16
Do you love getting out and trying new food? Are you unsure about the many different kinds of coffee in Italian cafes? Need some restaurant inspiration? Take a look at Umbra's newest newsletter "Gim ch'è Bulo," a culinary guide to... Read MoreFood Studies Program Coordinator co-authors a chapter in the book “Food and Wine events in Europe”
Jun | 15
Elisa Ascione, Coordinator of the Food Studies Program, has co-authored the chapter “Eurochocolate: an instrument of valorization for Perugia and its territory,” published by Routledge in 2014 in the book Food and Wine events in Europe: a Stakeholder Approach. The... Read More