The 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
In Tandem
Sep | 16
Conversation flowed freely during the fall semester’s inaugural Tandem language exchange, a much-anticipated and invaluable language-learning opportunity. American Umbra students met with their eager-to-learn-English Italian university counterparts during two lively hours at local haunt Il Birraio. The relaxed, informal setting... Read More
Arcadia Orientation Day
Sep | 11
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