# @rhodeislandcollege on Instagram

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- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/74940874-rhodeislandcollege-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-02-04T19:26:06.000+00:00

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"There are few things more beautiful than the core of a nuclear reactor," says RIC Associate Professor of Physical Sciences Benjamin Young.
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The core he's describing is within a research nuclear reactor located at the Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center In Narragansett. Young has access to this facility, as well as the Surface Lab he's built in Clarke Science on the RIC campus.
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Many undergraduate students don't get lab experience outside of coursework, where experiments have been done thousands of times and don't produce new information. However, Young takes his duties as a mentor seriously. He strives to involve his students in his ongoing projects, both on- and off-campus.
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"There are students who aren't strong performers in the classroom who just come to life in the lab," he says. "It's my job to help students decide if they want to work on problems that don't yet have solutions. And that only happens in the lab."
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Prof. Young is just one example of the incredible science education happening at RIC everyday! Link in bio for full story.
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