That’s a wrap! The 26-27 February 2026 ESD Undergraduate Research Symposium at Boston University was a great success!
We'd love to share some highlights from the event with you!
You can see the winners and sponsors below. Also, we invite you to read our wrap-up and see photos of the event - just click the button below!
EVENT WRAP-UP & HIGHLIGHTS
EVENT FUN FACTS:
Best Paper Winners:
- Category: Event Tourism Hospitality
- Taylor Mickley, Kelly Barr, and Lali Odosashvili, Widener University
- Category: Hospitality / HR / Education
- Shruti Meenakshi & Hong Soon Kim, University of Delaware
- Category: Consumer Behavior Technology
- Kavon Kisnasammy and Ruth Smith, Bethune-Cookman University
Meritorious Paper Winners:
- Event, Tourism, & Sustainability:
- Riley Davis and Stephen Litvin, College of Charleston
- Cassandre Bossicot and Ruth Smith, Bethune-Cookman University
- Consumer Behavior Technology:
- Alyssa Thornton and Kiyan Shafieizadeh, Metropolitan State University of Denver
- Cass Shum, Wen Jiang, Kira Granito, and Billy Bai, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
- Hospitality/HR/ Education:
- Lilija McCallum and Yue Teng-Vaughan, Kansas State University
- Nora Skolnik, Matthew McGuire, Eunseong Jeong, Taylor Garabedian, and Mi Ran Kim
Michigan State University
Congratulations to everyone who participated in research presentations!
Thank you to our event sponsors, University of Missouri, University of Central Florida, NENA and SECSA Federations for your generous support!
Thank you to Boston University, School of Hospitality Administration, for hosting!
Enjoy the ESD UGRS symposium news being shared around the country:
BU (Boston University) Close Ups | UW (University of Wyoming) News
