Sophomore

Meet Xiaoci Peng, a sophomore Economics major who is enjoying her first semester as an ATLAS intern. She heard about the program through her academic advisor and department newsletters, and decided to join because she wanted to gain hands-on experience that bridged her academic knowledge with real-...

Meet Shreyansh Golyan, a sophomore majoring in Statistics & Computer Science and completing his first semester as a VR Intern with ATLAS. He first learned about the program through his department’s newsletters and saw it as an excellent opportunity to gain practical experience in virtual...

Meet John Thomas, a U of I sophomore majoring in Economics. He first learned about the opportunity through his academic advisor and department newsletters, and saw the program as an invaluable tool to develop himself professionally. He is currently completing his first semester as a VR Programmer...

Boqin Yuan is a Sophomore studying Mathematics and Statistics. He works as a Data Analyst Intern for Dr. Mehta. He’s responsible for collecting IMDB film data of Asian countries with each of their names, years, ID, and language. He then uses a database to do data visualization. He’s currently...

Victoria Buszek is a Sophomore studying Psychology. She works as a VR Programmer for Dr. Randy McCarthy. She’s responsible for creating a ball bounce game in Unity which includes building the scene, writing scripts to add functionality to game objects, and researching how to implement hand tracking...

Winnie Blanchfield, a sophomore at UIUC, is pursuing a BALAS in Communication and a BFA in Theatre. They recently co-starred in a club theater production and are also working as a Communications Specialist at The Student Money Management Center. In this role, Winnie is responsible for drafting...

Kristine Tan is a sophomore studying Psychology who learned about the WGGP internship through a friend who was an ATLAS intern the previous year. She was recommended to apply to the program and has been working as an Event Planning Intern for the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives (WGGP)...

Ridah Shaikh is a sophomore majoring in Psychology who heard about the Feeding Our Kids internship program through her psychology advisor. She is currently serving as a data management intern, responsible for uploading CSV files containing volunteer records to Keela database, assigning Donor and...

Cedric Sung is a sophomore student at UIUC studying Computer Science and Education. He serves as the Social Media Director for the Department of ESEC, where he designs and posts content on various social media platforms. Cedric's responsibilities include sharing department updates, relevant news,...

Steven Qie is a sophomore at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) majoring in Statistics and Computer Science.  He's honing his data analysis skills as a Data Analyst Intern at ATLAS Data Services this fall.  There, he leverages his knowledge of SQL, Python (pandas...