Since at least 1892, Italian students have been attending the University of Illinois. Early Italian Illini have included accountants, actors, architects, chemists, civil engineers, computer scientists, fundraisers, language instructors, lawyers, literary scholars, musicians, politicians, and teachers too. Read on to learn about early Italian Illini!
The Student Life and Culture Archives periodically publishes blog posts highlighting the experiences of University of Illinois students from around the world.
Some of the blog posts presented on this site were originally published here, while others were migrated over from our old website. If you are having issues accessing any individual post or would like to suggest a correction, please email illiarch@illinois.edu.