# @ucsc on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BkDjU38FxZB
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20346670-ucsc-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-06-15T18:32:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** UC Santa Cruz (@ucsc) — https://gondola.cc/ucsc

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#UCSCAlumni Commencement Special Feature 🔬 "It was an honor working alongside the wonderful faculty and community at UC Santa Cruz; an experience that let me loose into the great playground of physics. I spent much of my time investigating the effects of highly energetic debris from particle collisions on silicon sensors. Using what I have learned so far, I am beginning work on my Ph.D.: an expedition into the exciting and exotic world of neutrino physics. I hope to continue this work for many years to come.”
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Benjamin Smithers (pictured here at the European Organization for Nuclear Research [CERN] in Switzerland) is a double major in mathematics and physics. He received the coveted Dean’s Award/Chancellor's Award for his senior thesis “Operation of the Prospective SiD BeamCal in the Expected High-Radiation Forward Environment of the ILC." Upon graduation, Smithers (Merrill) starts a new job at CERN in Switzerland as a DUNE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment) researcher. 
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Congrats to all of our UC Santa Cruz 2018 graduates! Go change the world! 
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#ucsc #ucsantacruz #humansofucsc #stem

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