Spring 2026

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...

Introducing Anoushka Grover, a senior majoring in Statistics and in her fourth semester with the program, making her one of the most tenured members of the program. She initially learned about the ATLAS Internship Program through department emails and newsletters and decided to join to apply the...

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...

Ekansh Arora is a sophomore Computer Science & Linguistics major. He first heard about the ATLAS Internship Program through friends and decided to join because the opportunity to gain real experience about AI systems while also building meaningful projects used by students or advisors was...

Agnes Akenou is a senior majoring in Political Science in her third semester with the program. She initially found out about the program from department emails and newsletters and decided to join, seeking hands-on transferable skills that will allow her to stand out in the job market. Agnes is an...