U of A students will soon have the chance to study and experience the culture of food and life in Italy through a new study abroad trip combining hospitality management and human nutrition and dietetics.

Designed by faculty in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Science's School of Human Environmental Sciences, the Food & Culture of the Italian Mediterranean international program will be offered for the first time May 13-23 in 2024. The program is led by hospitality management teaching assistant professor Dede Hamm and human nutrition and dietetics instructor Mechelle Bailey.