Department of French & Italian at The University of Texas at Austin

The 2026 Lyon Summer Program explored the Croix Rousse neighborhood in Lyon on Wednesday where they learned all about the history of the silk industry in Lyon, including seeing a demonstration on an original Jacquard loom at the Maison des Canuts: Maison des Canuts. They also feasted on pastries from Sébastien Bouillet: before visiting two of the famous murs peints: Le Mur des Canuts and la Fresque des Lyonnais! Next stop the Alps!! 🏔️🌲☀️

What a beautiful day to explore 'la colline qui prie' in Lyon! The 2026 Lyon Summer Program spent the day Wednesday exploring Fourvière starting with a scavenger hunt in Vieux Lyon, followed by a visit to la Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière and a visit to the Musée Gallo-Romain, where students viewed artifacts from Lyon during the Roman Empire and hung out in a Roman théatre dating to the first century!

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The first week of classes in Lyon for the 2026 Lyon Summer Program is in the books! Students celebrated with a weekend excursion to the Beaujolais region, which included a visit to the medieval village Oingt, one of Frances "villages des pierres dorées", lunch at the Auberge de Montmelas, and finally a dégustation de vin at the Domaine Frédéric Berne, where they learned all about growing vignes and making wine. 🍷🔆

[From June 2nd, 2026)

The Lyon Summer Program continued their whirlwind tour of Paris with visits to the Cathédrale de Notre Dame (to visit les gargouilles), la Sainte Chapelle, l'Arc de Triomphe, le Musée d'Orsay, le Musée Rodin et bien sûr le Louvre! Next stop Lyon!
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[From June 1st, 2026]

💙🤍❤️ C'est parti! The 2026 Lyon Summer Program has started in Paris and has hit the ground running despite la canicule! Two more days of seeing the sights in Paris and then on to Lyon! 💙🤍❤️

The 2026 Lyon Summer Program has safely arrived in Lyon, luggage and all! They will now begin 6 weeks of French classes at the Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3. C'est parti! 🚅🇫🇷🥐

Dean's Distinguished Graduate, Nehir Aran, was honored along with her fellow awardees last night at a dinner held by COLA. She is graduating with a double major in French and Nutrition and plans to go to medical school. Nehir has been such a wonderful presence in the French and Italian Department over the past few years, participating in the Lyon Summer Program in 2023, serving as president of the FRIT Ambassadors, and organizing the French Language Circle.

We are so proud of her and she will be missed! Bravo Nehir!

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FRIT is proud to announce that PhD Candidate Gene Ferrier-Rainey (French Linguistics) has been offered an appointment as Assistant Professor and Language Program Director at the University of Arizona, beginning Fall 2026! Gene started her PhD at UT Austin in 2020 and has been a dedicated instructor and invaluable colleague ever since. We wish her the best of luck as she finishes her PhD this spring and moves forward on her new journey!

The Study Abroad Scholarship supports undergraduate students who plan to participate in an approved study abroad program.
It is designed to make global learning more accessible to students across all colleges and majors.

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