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Welcome Fall 2025 Students to Perugia!

The Umbra Institute is delighted to welcome our newest group of students arriving from the United States and all over the world to spend their semester abroad here in Perugia. This historic city will be your home for the months...

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Not another grammar book: Umbra’s new Italian 101 textbook

Umbra's new Italian 101 textbook is many things. However, it is for sure not yet another generic Italian grammar textbook. Instead, the Umbra Italian faculty wanted a book tailored on the typical needs and experiences of US study abroad students....

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Unearthing History on the Shores of Lago Trasimeno

The end of the digging season for Umbra’s Trasimeno Archaeology Field School, took place not under the beating sun in the midst of an olive orchard but rather in the vaulted, frescoed grand hall of a former noble palace in the...

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From the Pueblo to Perugia: A Gilman Scholar’s Journey

Authored by Gilman Scholarship Recipient Deandra R. Rosetta Ciao a tutti! I’m Deandra Rosetta, a Native American from Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico, and a Summer 2025 Umbra Institute student. I usually attend the University of New Mexico for Film...

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Fuori di Zucca: Where Does Your Food Come From?

In our increasingly urban lives, the journey of fresh produce often feels distant and invisible. But right here in the city center of Perugia, residents have created a way to reconnect with the origin of their food through alternative food...

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Embracing Life as a Foreigner: My Time at the University for Foreigners

An opinion piece by Lucia Scotti As a civil engineering student at the University of Connecticut, I knew that studying abroad wouldn’t allow me to take courses in my major. So, I looked for the next best thing: a way...

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