Fresco Painting Class Visits the Abbey of San Pietro
Apr | 02
Recently Professor William Pettit’s Fresco Painting course, ARFP 210, visited several churches to see paintings on site and to inform their study of the increasingly rare technique of fresco. The highlight of their trip was perhaps the Abbey of San... Read MoreNew Faculty at Umbra
Mar | 28
The Umbra Institute is welcoming three new faculty members. While all three have been collaborating with the Institute for the last year, they will take the reins of one of the Institute’s classes starting next semester. Dr. Elisa Ascione received... Read MoreUmbra Professor Gives Lecture at Trinity
Mar | 28
Umbra Institute Professor Giampiero Bevagna will give a lecture entitled “Pompeii through the Ages: Ravage or Rescue?” at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., on Monday. Bevagna, currently teaching the Archaeology and Roman Civilization courses at Umbra, plans to discuss how the... Read MoreUNICEF Volunteers Complete Pigotta Dolls
Mar | 28
Umbra UNICEF volunteers have finished their Pigotta dolls! Students committed two hours a week over five weeks designing and sewing their dolls with the help of Italian volunteers. This semester, an ice skater, a scarecrow, Cleopatra, and a ballerina were... Read MoreStudents discover ancient beauties
Mar | 27
Last weekend, Umbra students in the Roman Civilization class embarked upon a trip to Southern Italy to see the wonders of Pompei, Ercolano, and the Neapolitan area – a cradle of ancient beauties. They left very early on Friday morning,... Read MoreUmbra alumna reps Perugia to world travelers
Mar | 27
Word of Perugia's charm has spread: Umbra Institute alumna Stephanie Cavagnaro recently published a travel article about Perugia in Going Global, the blog for a television series for savvy world travelers. Full of descriptions designed to deliver nostalgic pangs to her fellow alumni and... Read More