Oct | 09
Last weekend, three quarters of the Umbra Institute student body went on academic field trips around Italy. Students enrolled in the Food Studies Program met Professor Simon Young in Florence on Friday morning. The group strolled through the international food market... Read MoreOct | 05
Hemingway said, “Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.” Thursday evening, a group of Umbra Institute students conquered the author’s marker of civilization at a wine tasting at Énonè, a favorite local enoteca. With the guidance of longtime... Read MoreOct | 04
Over sangria and snacks, more than 50 Italians and Americans bonded over linguistic and cultural quirks during Umbra’s third successful Tandem of the fall semester at il Birraio Wednesday evening. Tandem is a semimonthly event that brings Umbra Institute students... Read MoreOct | 03
Umbra students participating in the UNICEF volunteer opportunity are well on their way to completing their handmade Pigotta dolls for adoption. Each doll that is adopted buys vaccinations for at risk children in other countries. For two hours each Monday,... Read MoreOct | 02
“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.... Read MoreOct | 01
“Sono Dario Cecchini, e ho duecentocinquant’anni (I’m Dario Cecchini, and I’m 250 years old),” joked Dario Cecchini, whom the LA Times calls “the most famous butcher in the world.” Students taking the course on Sustainable Food Production in Italy at the... Read More