Cooking classes at Carla’s home is one of the students highlights of the semester in Rome. From the moment you enter her nice and cozy loft, you immediately feel at home, comfortable and ready to learn how to prepare traditional and local favourites… More
Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi (Christmas with your family, Easter with whoever you want), it is a common phrase we use in Italian. Despite this saying Easter Sunday is usually spent with family. Unfortunately, this year the tradition has been… More
Written by Alex West, student from the University of Michigan who studied on the Arcadia Rome Program in the Spring of 2020. As I am currently confined to my home in Michigan due to COVID-19, I can’t help but reminisce about my last few days in Rome… More
On Saturday the 22th of February I received an unexpected call from my sister. She was scared to stay in Piacenza, in Northern Italy, where she lives. The municipality there was about to lock down the city in order to avoid the further spread of the… More
Written by Emily Dellheim, Arcadia University Rome Center Professor for “Museum Practices in Rome: The History of Collecting”. Italy. Being the country with the world’s highest concentration of UNESCO cultural heritage sites (55 to be exact), means beauty… More