Welcome Spring Students
Oct | 02
The Spring 2012 semester is underway! Students from colleges and universities from across the United States arrived last week. Since their arrival students have been attending orientation sessions, acclimating themselves to life in one of Italy’s greatest cities, and preparing... Read More
Welcome Aperitivo
Oct | 02
Taking a break from the Intensive Italian week to get to each other, Spring 2012 students met a the Birraio for the damous Umbra Welcome Aperitivo. This time Birraio added an American touch, and brought out hamburgers! Suffice it to... Read More
Students Experience Authentic Wine Tasting
Oct | 01
Oaky or stony? Aged or young? Tannic or steel? Umbra students learned the meaning of these terms during the summer’s first wine tasting Thursday evening at Énonè, a popular Perugian enoteca. After describing the process of making wine, sommelier Silvia... Read More
Travel Workshop Takes Off
Sep | 30
Monday evening, Umbra students packed the school's biggest classroom to participate in an hour-long Travel Workshop. The workshop was open to all and led by Umbra staff members Ian Lyons and Rachel Bethany as well as by Frankie Walsh from... Read More
A weekend in Florence! A guide to museums, restaurants, and gelaterie.
Sep | 30
It’s that time of year – after settling down in Perugia or wherever you happen to be studying abroad, it’s time to start moving around Italy and exploring the new (well, not new – they’re actually very old) cities that... Read More
Umbra Food Studies Program Alum to Present at International Food Conference
Sep | 30
Harvard student and Umbra alumna Teagan Lehrman recently submitted a paper to the ASFS, the Association for the Study of Food and Society,the professional association of scholars who study food and food culture from various points of view. Lehrman, a... Read More