Student Spotlights

  • Senior Emily Garcia is majoring in Psychology and acts as a Website Content and Development Strategist. She received an email encouraging students taking any major to apply for the internship, and this piqued her interest. She works at Administrative Information Technology Services, (AITS)
  • ​Junior Junpeng Liang is majoring in economics, minoring in business and informatics, and is a first semester ATLAS intern. He heard about the program from an email, and applied when he saw data analysis positions being offered. Currently he works as a Data Analyst at the Student Money Management Center (SMCC) on a project named "International Student Trend." He receives data concerning...
  • ​Christina Como is a senior majoring in English and minoring in integrative biology and Italian literature and culture. She is a first semester ATLAS intern; she heard of ATLAS through Handshake and through emails sent by the English department career adviser, Kirsten Wilcox. Christina is working as a Communications Specialist at the Office...
  • ​​Kireeti Jana is a sophomore majoring in economics, minoring in informatics, and is a first semester ATLAS intern. He heard of ATLAS through his Informatics Adviser and took the opportunity to experience a professional environment. He works for Administrative Information Technology Services, wherein
  • Trevor Barrow is a senior majoring in mathematics. He became interested in the ATLAS Internship Program after his advisor recommended it to him. He is working with Professor Borgschulte, who is a microeconomics professor, as a Data Analyst. His project is to analyze photos of politicians to see if they age faster than average person. If these politicians do seem to age faster, Trevor is...
  • Arturo Vargas is a junior double majoring in mathematics and psychology, with a minor in criminology and law as well. He discovered the ATLAS Internship Program through a Google search of available internships. He is working with the Department of Education on redesigning their website. He just finished translating the entire website into Spanish, and is now working on improving the website...
  • Yeibin Park is a statistics major in her junior year. She learned about the ATLAS Internship Program through the LAS Lineup Newsletter. She is working for the Student Money Management Center (SMCC) as a Data Analyst. She is working on a team to analyze data from the University of Illinois system institutions: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Chicago and University of...
  • Nirali Bhatt is a junior studying astronomy. She learned about the internship program through the LAS Lineup Newsletter. She is working for the Student Money Management Center (SMCC) as a Data Analyst. She is working on a team to analyze data from the three universities found in the University of Illinois system: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Chicago,...
  • Grace Bai is a junior studying English. She became interested in the ATLAS Internship Program after seeing a newsletter advertising the program. She currently works with Professor Hedda, who is an associate professor at the Department of Special Education, as a Website Developer. She is currently developing a website for Professor Hedda’s research projects. In the future, Grace wants to be a...
  • Xinxin is a senior who is currently studying mathematics and statistics. She joined the internship program through a recommendation from her friend. She is working with the Student Money Management Center (SMMC) as a Data Analyst. She is working on a team to analyze data from the three universities within the University of Illinois system: University of Illinois at Urbana-...