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Shot on an assignment for Dennis Chamberlin
Shot on an assignment for Dennis Chamberlin's class, a man walks down the street with his dog in Pesaro, a sea town near Urbino.
Link Spring 2016

Snapshots from Urbino

Published: May 16, 2016

Palm Sunday mass in St. Peter’s Square. The childhood home of Renaissance master, Raphael. Morning fog moving through a beautiful Italian valley.

LAS students captured these moments and more during a spring semester in Urbino, Italy. The Urbino program, led by photographer and Associate Professor Dennis Chamberlin, helps students in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication develop multimedia reporting skills while immersing themselves in a foreign culture. Started in 2010 as a summer program, this was the first full semester for the program.

Follow @cyclonesurbino on Instagram to see their photos from this spring.

Looking up at the arm and face of the statue of David.
A view of Michelangelo's David while studying art history on a class field trip to Florence, Italy.
Hannah Olson, journalism and mass communication, sophomore
A boy wears a blue wig and has a clown-like smile painted on his face. He stands in a crowd.
Shot on an assignment for Dennis Chamberlin's class, a boy in costume celebrates Carnevale in Venice, a festival that occurs before the Catholic season of Lent.
Hannah Olson, journalism and mass communication, sophomore
A man walks down a cobblestone street with his dog.
Shot on an assignment for Dennis Chamberlin's class, a man walks down the street with his dog in Pesaro, a sea town near Urbino.
Hannah Olson, journalism and mass communication, sophomore
Two men in orange jackets stand beside a flower shop.
International Women's Day (March 6) is widely celebrated in Italy. Men often buy yellow flowers, called mimosas, for important women in their lives. Here two men are standing outside a flower stand selling mimosas.
Hannah Olson, journalism and mass communication, sophomore
Two men wrestle on a field with hills in the background.
​A pick-up game of Italy vs. America soccer quickly turns into mud wrestling. (pictured: Michael Rowley, junior)
Hannah Olson, journalism and mass communication, sophomore
Students stand together under umbrellas outside a building.
A group of Greenlee students stand together outside of the impressive Ducal Palace in Urbino. The Ducal Palace was the home of the Montefeltro family during the Renaissance and now houses a collection of Renaissance art. (from left to right: Lindsay Greifzu, sophomore; Emily Matson, sophomore; Michael Rowley, junior; Rachel Pollastrini, sophomore; Jeni Zernick, sophomore)
Hannah Olson, journalism and mass communication, sophomore
Jeni Zernick sits beside a gorge with an aqua blue river and hills rising on either side.
Sophomore Jeni Zernick sits on the edge of a gorge in Gola del Furlo, a picturesque nature reserve near Urbino.
Hannah Olson, journalism and mass communications, sophomore