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Mike Lee, a junior majoring in Computer Engineering and minoring in Mathematics, is in his first semester with the ATLAS program. He initially discovered the program through the career fair and website while seeking hands-on opportunities to apply his curriculum. ATLAS provided the perfect...

Lauren Hayes is a junior majoring in Communication in her first semester with the program. She initially learned about the ATLAS Internship Program through friends and classmates and decided to join to gain internship experience while exploring potential career paths. Lauren is a social media...

This is Xiaoxue Fan, a junior studying Statistics at Illinois, and this was her first semester at ATLAS. She first heard of the internship program through department emails or newsletters. Xiaoxue decided to join the ATLAS Internship Program because she wanted to apply the data analysis skills she...

Meet Olivia Diericks, a U of I junior majoring in Political Science. She first learned about the opportunity through an academic advisor, and Olivia wanted to participate in the culture of experiential learning at Illinois and gain practical skills outside the classroom. She is currently completing...

Fernando Degante is a junior in the College of LAS who recently joined the ATLAS Internship Program as a Research Intern in Dataand Mapping with Dr. Rini Mehta. In this role, he gathers and analyzes data on temples of Indic origin, maps their locations, andbuilds an Omeka S website to showcase...

Becca Lucas is a junior majoring in Astronomy and Data Science and currently serves as Parliamentarian of Kappa Kappa Psi. Shelearned about the ATLAS Internship Program through departmental emails and newsletters. She chose to join in order to gainexperience in a professional environment and...

Austin Kirwin is a junior majoring in Statistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He has a strong interest in data andtechnology, having spent two semesters as an AI Exploration Intern in the ATLAS Internship Program. He has been diving deep intothe evolving world of artificial...

Sarah Anand is a junior in Communication serving as an LMS Specialist with Students of UofI through the ATLAS Internship Program. She has worked on improving the Data Skills Track, integrating AI into course materials, and recording instructional content for students. Through this role, Sarah has...

Meet Ally Wang, a junior majoring in Statistics & Computer Science. She decided to join the ATLAS Internship Program to gain more work experience and enhance her communication skills. Now in her second semester as an intern, Ally works with the ATLAS Web Development Team as a Web Development...

Talib Mirza is a junior majoring in Economics and currently serves as a Data Analyst through the ATLAS Internship Program. He joined ATLAS to gain real-world experience in data analysis and has been training in Tableau while working with DMI datasets to build dashboards, create data stories, and...