The 2015 BEST participants are:

• Aisalkyn Botoeva, doctoral student in Sociology
• Akiko Hatakeyama, doctoral student in Computer Music and Multimedia
• Mariam Irshad, master’s student in Public Health
• Pierre Lucien, master’s student in Urban Education Policy
• Crystal Ngo, doctoral student in American Studies
• Arielle Nitenson, doctoral student in Neuroscience
• Dimple Patel, master’s student in Urban Education Policy
• Lauren Quattrochi, doctoral student in Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology
• Michela Rozani, doctoral student in Italian Studies
• Jonathan Sozek, doctoral student in Religious Studies