Food Studies Program Alumna Presents at Professional Conference
Feb | 17
This past Saturday Harvard undergrad Teagan Lehrman presented a paper at the annual conference for the Association for the Study of Food and Culture (ASFS). Lehrman's paper, "Steamed, Sealed, Delivered: How Canning Revolutionized, Unified,and Globalized Italian Cuisine," grew out of... Read More
Sustainability Class Visits “World’s Most Famous Butcher” Dario Cecchini
Feb | 15
The sun was shining this past Saturday on the picturesque village of Panzano-in-Chianti, as the Umbra Institute’s STFS 330: Sustainability and Food Production in Italy class, accompanied by Professor Elisa Ascione, enjoyed a stroll through the countryside and an astonishing... Read More
Students Travel to Rome, Siena on Umbra Field Trips
Feb | 12
Two Umbra Institute professors took their lesson on the road this weekend. On Friday, Giordana Pulcini’s Politics and Economics of the European Union students traveled to Rome to visit the in-depth Italian history museum. Antonella Valorosa’s Contemporary Italy students visited... Read More
Andy Steves Talks Travel at Umbra
Feb | 10
Andy Steves, son of well-known travel writer Rick Steves, gave a travel workshop at the Umbra Institute Thursday evening. Drawing on his lifetime of travel experience, Steves provided students with tips on how to travel around Italy and the rest... Read More
Two Classes Visit “Green” Winery
Feb | 08
“There’s an old peasant proverb: ‘Leave the land a little better than you found it,’” said Stefano Cantelmo, head engineer for Castello Montevibiano Vecchio Winery in Italy. Umbra's International Marketing students stand in the Montevibiano wine cellar after a tour... Read More
Umbra Students Partner with Umbrian Winery, Goretti
Feb | 03
Umbra’s BSFS 380: The Business of Wine: Italy and Beyond explores the business and marketing of wine, with particular focus on U.S. markets, combined with a service learning component that allows for real world experience through a partnership with a... Read More