Spring 2025

Sai Pranav Kakumanu is a sophomore Statistics & Computer Science major who’s in his second semester with ATLAS. Sai learned about the program from attending a career fair, and decided to join because he saw it as an opportunity to gain real-world experience in a professional setting while...

Senuvi Jayasinghe is a senior majoring in Statistics & Computer Science at the University of Illinois. She discovered the opportunity through friends and classmates and was drawn to its collaborative environment, hands-on projects, and professional mentorship. As a Web Developer Intern in her...

Ruohan Pan is a freshman Sociology major completing her first semester at ATLAS. Department emails and newsletters were how she first heard about the program, and she decided to join to gain work experience as well as apply the technology concepts she had learned in class to real life. Ruohan is...

Kelly Wong is a junior majoring in Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois. She joined to strengthen her professional and personal skills while gaining insight into project workflows, teamwork, and communication in a real-world setting. In her first semester with the ATLAS Internship...

Meet Toshiyuki Funaki, a sophomore studying Linguistics in his first semester here at ATLAS. Having heard about the program from department newsletters and emails, Toshiyuki decided to join ATLAS to prepare himself for his future in the workplace. Toshiyuki is helping Earnest Agriculture as a...

This is Ellen Min, a junior studying Brain and Cognitive Sciences at Illinois, and this was her first semester at ATLAS. She first heard of the internship program through department emails and newsletters and decided to join because she wanted to gain hands-on experience in a field related to Human...

This promising student is Qiyang Liu, a freshman Math & Computer Science major. This is his first semester at ATLAS. He learned about the opportunity through his academic advisor, department emails, and classmates—and quickly saw it as a chance to apply what he’s learning in class to real-world...

This is Sophie Kunkel, a senior, first-time ATLAS intern and English major who joined the program to explore how her degree could be applied in real-world, tech-driven settings. After hearing about ATLAS through department emails and newsletters, she saw it as the perfect opportunity to gain...

Say "Hello!" to Leah Jacobs, a junior majoring in Psychology and currently in her first semester with the ATLAS Internship Program. She found out about ATLAS through department newsletters and was drawn to the opportunity as a way to challenge herself professionally and strengthen her communication...

Elizabeth Rodriguez is a junior majoring in Communication and is currently completing her first semester with the ATLAS Internship Program. She discovered the opportunity through department newsletters and was drawn to the program because of its supportive and welcoming environment, an ideal...