Fresco Painting Class Visits the Abbey of San Pietro
Sep | 17
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 Community Engagement Initiatives
Sep | 17
Academic and Non-Academic Internships Summer Internship The Umbra Summer Internship launched last year and was a great success. Food Studies Program students interned with Lungarotti, one of the largest Umbrian wineries, to help the company improve its online presence. In... Read MoreSaints & Sinners in Siena
Sep | 17
On Friday, March 29th, HSWS 38 Saints, Sinners and Harlots: Medieval Women in Central Italy went to Siena on a day trip. The academic field trip began with a tour of the Duomo di Siena, which included the Piccolomini Library... Read MoreUmbra Sponsors Guest Lecture on Terroir
Sep | 17
Sponsored by the Umbra Institute, University of Texas: San Antonio Professor Kolleen Guy presented "Eating Landscape," a talk about the intersection of typical products and marketing, in the frescoed hall of the Uguccione Ranieri di Sorbello Foundation on Wednesday evening.... Read More
Field Trip to the South a Sunny Success
Sep | 17
Sunhats in hand and sunscreen applied, 35 Umbra students and three staff members boarded a bus Friday morning, ready for the Optional Trip to the South of Italy. The first stop on the Umbra Optional Trip was Pompei. "I just... Read More
Students Present a Semester’s Work
Sep | 17
Students, staff, and faculty mingled in the library over snacks in between the Community Engagement presentations. From frescoes spanning walls to internship projects, students presented their labors of the past semester at today's Special Academic Events. The day began with... Read More