On Wednesday, September 16, Umbra Institute students will take part in a hands-on community engagement activity in Perugia, in collaboration with CIA Umbria – Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori, the Umbrian branch of one of Italy’s largest agricultural organizations, which represents and...
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An opinion piece by Emma Riggs, University of Connecticut Umbra Rep for Spring 2026 Tips on Learning and Using Italian During Your Time Abroad. Embarrassment is an underexplored emotion, often because we are intent on avoiding it. It is...
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An opinion piece by Elke Schrenk, Spring 2026 Students in the Food, Environment, and Sustainability (FSE) program concluded the semester with a capstone trip to the Emilia Romagna region. Students visited a number of producers to learn about how regional...
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An opinion piece by Elke Schrenk, Spring 2026 A recap of the Food, Sustainability, and Environment program for a trip to Scuola del Tartufo, where students learned about the process, history, and policy surrounding truffle cultivation. Truffles are a highly...
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An opinion piece by Reyliana Griffin One of the parts of the Umbra Institute that makes it a unique place to study abroad, is the existence of service learning projects in the classroom. The purpose of service learning projects is...
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Less than a year after successfully defending his doctoral dissertation, the Umbra Institute’s Professor Luca Gatti has published it as a book. A Woman at the Center of the Anti-Fascist Struggle The historiography of Italians who fought against fascism...
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