From Coffee to Culture
Oct | 08
The simple coffee bean. It's amazing how it can produce so many delicious drinks! But there's more power in coffee beans than being the basis for tasty beverages. The majority of Umbra’s students are familiar with coffee culture in the... Read MoreUmbra Prof Writes for National Newspaper
Oct | 05
Professo Antonella Valoroso, a Yale University graduate and a professor at the Umbra Institute, published another article in an occasional series for the largest Italian daily newspaper, the Corriere della Sera. Valoroso's piece discussed the dramatic change in the advertising... Read MoreThe Attic of San Domenico, the Heart of Perugia
Oct | 03
The Umbra Institute’s Urban Spaces: Rebuilding Community in Perugia class has officially gone where no students have gone before! On Monday evening, the attic of the famous Chiesa di San Domenico, which is normally closed to the public, opened its... Read MoreUmbra Professor Leads Fresco Painting Workshop
Oct | 02
Umbra Institute Fresco Painting professor William Pettit III will be hosting a fresco painting workshop through fine arts collective The Bottega. Participants will study traditional fresco techniques and aid in the permanent restoration of Cottanello Chapel. Professor Pettit explains the... Read More
Wine Tasting at Enone
Sep | 30
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
Benvenuti al Sud!
Sep | 26
This weekend marked another run of Umbra’s thrice-yearly optional trip to the south of Italy. Accompanied by staff members Laura Fronduti and Marco Bagli, 37 Umbra students embarked on the excursion of a lifetime to Pompeii, Ischia, and Naples to... Read More