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
Wine Tasting 101
Sep | 30
Last Thursday, Umbra students attended a wine tasting at a local Perugia enoteca. The professional sommelier, Silvia Bartolini, demonstrated how to use our sense of smell, taste, and sight to examine a wine’s quality and age. Students sampled three types... Read More
Zumba at Umbra
Sep | 30
Last week, one of Umbra's talented students, Ciera Kalnoski, invited her fellow classmates to a Zumba class. She led 16 eager participants through a series of catchy choreography to latin dance music in one of the school's classrooms. Zumba, a... Read More
New Arrivals and Orientation Video!
Sep | 30
We remade our old Arrivals and Orientation video to reflect some improvements that we've made! This video is accurate for students doing any of our non-Direct Enroll programs for the spring, fall, or summer. Direct Enroll students get here slightly... Read More
Internship Course Speaks With Leading Goal-Setting Scholar
Sep | 30
Guest Speaker, Professor Edwin A. Locke, discusses “The Case for Induction”, in Professor John L. Dennis’s INIT 350 Academic Internship & Seminar, Psychology. Professor Edwin A. Locke, the world’s foremost scholar in the area of goal-setting research, recently gave a... Read More