Economics

Eric Kim is currently a junior double majoring in statistics and economics with a minor in informatics. He became aware of the ATLAS Internship Program through the LAS Lineup newsletter. He is currently working with the ATLAS Internship Program on the digital signage project. He works on...

Annie Farwell is a junior studying economics. She became interested in the ATLAS Internship Program after her close friend recommended it to her. Annie works for the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics as a Business Analyst. She has recently been working on a project in which she is analyzing...

Yi Yao is a senior majoring in economics and is a first semester ATLAS intern. She heard about the ATLAS Internship Program after receiving an email from ATLAS, and is now working as a Data Analyst intern. She works for the Student Money Management Center (SMCC) and is part of the email...

June Kim is a senior double majoring in statistics and economics. Her friend recommended the internship program to her, leading her to apply. She is working with the Provost office on analyzing the data from their senior surveys. June is then taking the significant data from the surveys and making...

Yuying Wang is a senior double majoring in mathematics and economics and minoring in applied statistics. She had heard about the ATLAS Internship Program through her former roommate, who had also worked as an intern at ATLAS. She currently works as a Marketing and Social Media Intern for the...

​​​​​​Jisheng Wu is a senior studying psychology and economics. He heard about the program through the LAS Lineup newsletter and decided to apply! He is working as a Data Analyst on the "Gross Motor Project" with economics professor Rebecca Thornton. He is working with data from many...

Wesley Au is a junior studying economics. He was working under Professor Borgschulte, an economics professor, as a research assistant but he recommended him becoming an intern with ATLAS! Wesley is now working with Professor Borgschulte as a Data Analyst, creating a data set containing articles...

Aisha Motan is a senior studying economics. She is working with the Office of Community College Research and Leadership, which conducts research on how to ease the transition for community college students to college. She is their Website Content Strategist; as such, she is putting research grants...

Arch Patel is a junior studying Economics. He is working as a social media intern for Earnest Earth. He created a 30-day marketing plan for their social media that helps his client focus on a target audience, increase their sales and brand awareness. Over the course of his internship, he has...

Senior Zaolin (Tyra) Chen is a first-semester ATLAS intern and is majoring in economics with a minor in business. When not interning with ATLAS, she volunteers as a market specialist, was a board member for the Illini Women in Economics, and even writes articles and shoots videos. As a Social Media...