Amelia Lower
Staff Reporter
AmeliaMLower | amelia.lower@yale.edu
Amelia Lower covers Religious Communities and Yale Divinity School, as well as men's lacrosse and men's ice hockey. She is a first-year in Jonathan Edwards College and is originally from Rye, New York.
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AMELIA LOWER
With registration drive virtual this spring, Brian Tevlin ’22 reflects on 2019 bone marrow donation

With the Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive virtual, tables of students ready to sign up potential donors are absent from Cross Campus this spring, but men’s lacrosse captain Brian Tevlin ’22 looked back on his 2019 match with the News.

May 4, 2021

Handsome Dan sits next to a Be the Match.
ROSE HOROWITCH, AMELIA LOWER & MARIA FERNANDA PACHECO
Yale working to deal with students who get a non-FDA-authorized vaccine

Because the pandemic has scattered Yale students across the globe, not everyone has access to the same COVID-19 vaccines. But with Yale's recent mandate announcement and requirement that students be immunized with U.S.-approved shots for the fall, what could this mean for international students in countries that are only administering AstraZeneca or other non-FDA-authorized vaccines?

April 29, 2021

An up close photo of COVID-19
AMELIA LOWER
Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Penn, Princeton competing locally

While Yale and Harvard remain in Phase II of the Ivy League’s plan for the resumption of athletic activity, Cornell has entered into Phase III of practices and Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, Columbia and Penn have resumed some form of competition in Phase IV.

April 27, 2021

A graphic showing the phasing state of athletic programs in the Ivy League
AMELIA LOWER
MEN’S LACROSSE: Skyler Wilson ’24, the single Bulldog practicing this spring

Not only have the trees outside of Reese Stadium sprouted new leaves with the arrival of spring, the lacrosse field has also been awakened with […]

April 18, 2021

AMELIA LOWER
WOMEN’S CREW: Kristina Wagner ’15 qualifies for Tokyo Olympics

On Thursday morning, former Yale women’s rower Kristina Wagner ’15 finished in first place at U.S. Olympic Trials II with doubles partner Genevra Stone. The […]

April 16, 2021

Wagner and Stone row together
AKSHAR AGARWAL & AMELIA LOWER
MEN’S LACROSSE: ONE: Inside the mentality that lifted Yale atop collegiate lacrosse and carried it through a year of separation

During a semester when nearly the entire team is dispersed throughout the country, far from Reese Stadium and Yale’s campus, the Yale men’s lacrosse program’s […]

April 13, 2021

An illustration of men
AMELIA LOWER
Yale Slifka Center and Chabad celebrate Passover through online and in-person gatherings

Jewish Yalies celebrated Passover through remote and in-person celebrations held from March 27 to April 4. Small Seders, online services and community gatherings were held […]

April 9, 2021

The façade of Slifka from Wall St.
AMELIA LOWER
Online but joyous: Yalies celebrate Holy Week and Easter Sunday

As spring has sprung in New Haven, many Yalies are enjoying more than just the daffodils scattering campus — the beginning of April has also been […]

April 4, 2021

AKSHAR AGARWAL & AMELIA LOWER
MEN’S LACROSSE: Trio of Bulldogs suit up for Denver this spring

The Denver men’s lacrosse team (7–2, 5–0 Big East) took down Providence (3–5, 2–4 Big East) in its most recent matchup over the weekend with […]

March 30, 2021

Jackson Morrill carries the ball against Providence.
AMELIA LOWER
Ivy League alums play key roles on four top NCAA Tournament teams

With the round of 64 in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament set to begin on Friday and the women’s tournament kicking off on […]

March 19, 2021

SYDNEY GRAY & AMELIA LOWER
Yale report finds increased risk of COVID-19 transmission in indoor ice rinks

A report released last month by the Yale School of Public Health found elevated risks of SARS-CoV-2 transmission at indoor ice rinks.  Krystal Pollitt, assistant […]

March 17, 2021