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L-R: Vivek Kesarwani ’09 on the court trying out his newly-developed Swish app; Eliza Pope ’12 in concert at the Jazz Bistro in Toronto.
at the moment you need it most” by
offering technique tips based on a realtime
analysis of the user’s performance.
Vivek and business partner Marissa Wu
built the software as part of The Next
36 entrepreneurial leadership program.
The project is supported by the UTEST
program, MaRS Innovation, and The
Next 36; they have also launched an
online Indiegogo campaign to raise
funds for continued development.
Eliza Pope ’12 launched her debut
album, Call Me a
Fool, on May 19, 2015
at the Jazz Bistro
in Toronto where
she was joined by
jazz luminaries
Mark Kieswetter,
Ross Macintyre, Eric St‐Laurent, and
Max Roach. The album is a mix of
“well‐chosen classics and freshly-written
originals” that highlight Eliza’s vocal
versatility. It “showcases a rich potential,”
observed Kerry Doole, writing on
newcanadianmusic.ca.
In June 2015, Lauren Chan ’13, a medical
student at Queen’s University, was selected
as the winner in the Undergraduate
Student category of the Science and
Human Rights Coalition student essay
competition run by the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS). As part of the award, she
attended the AAAS Science and Human
Rights Coalition Meeting in Washington,
DC and will be starting a student
advocacy group with them this year.
Queen’s University medical student and essay
winner, Lauren Chan ’13.
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