Amelia Lower
Staff Reporter
AmeliaMLower | amelia.lower@yale.edu
Amelia Lower covers football, men's ice hockey and men's lacrosse. She is a senior in Jonathan Edwards College from Rye, New York, double-majoring in Spanish and the History of Science, Medicine and Public Health.
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AMELIA LOWER
Yale Adventist Campus Fellowship hosts interfaith conference on mass incarceration

Last weekend, the Yale Adventist Campus Fellowship hosted an interfaith conference on understanding and ending mass incarceration, entitled “Let My People Go.” The conference assembled […]

March 4, 2021

A photo of trees and a sidewalk
AMELIA LOWER
WOMEN’S CREW: Kristina Wagner ’15 takes third at Olympic trials

Last Friday, Yale women’s crew alumnus Kristina Wagner ’15 established herself as the third fastest women’s single sculler in the United States. Racing in Nathan […]

March 2, 2021

AKSHAR AGARWAL & AMELIA LOWER
MEN’S LACROSSE: Goalie Jack Starr ’22 takes spring leave, preserving eligibility and staying creative along the way

Like many other previous members of the class of 2021, Yale men’s lacrosse goalkeeper Jack Starr ’22 is currently on a leave of absence, deciding […]

February 25, 2021

Starr minding the net in a game versus Dartmouth
AMELIA LOWER
Muslim student leaders discuss legacy of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty ‘Over a Black Coffee’

On Sunday, Muslim student leaders and activists hosted a discussion marking the 56th anniversary of the death and martyrdom of Malcolm X, moderated by Chaplain […]

February 25, 2021

AMELIA LOWER
Behind the Venue: An ode to Ingalls Rink and a collective history of “The Whale”

“Behind the Venue” is a series of feature-form articles that dives into the history, character and most memorable moments of Yale’s various athletic forums — […]

February 22, 2021

AMELIA LOWER
Yale Buddhist Sangha hosts talk and meditation with Fleet Maull

On Feb. 16, the Yale Buddhist Sangha hosted a talk, guided meditation and discussion led by Fleet Maull, founder of the Prison Mindfulness Institute. Maull […]

February 19, 2021

AMELIA LOWER & TRISHA NGUYEN
MEN’S HOCKEY: Former Yale defenseman Jack St. Ivany settles in at BC following transfer due to winter season cancellation

Jack St. Ivany, a junior defenseman from Manhattan Beach, California, recently decided to continue his ice hockey career at Boston College, leaving Yale’s team amid […]

February 17, 2021

BENNIE ANDERSON & AMELIA LOWER
Possibility of practicing at Yale complicates learning location decision for first-year spring athletes

As students on campus near the end of arrival quarantines in their residential colleges, Yale first-year athletes have begun to look toward an uncertain spring […]

February 8, 2021

AMELIA LOWER
YAA and Belonging at Yale host conversation with Ibram X. Kendi

This Wednesday, 1,097 students, faculty and alumni joined a virtual talk with Ibram X. Kendi hosted by the Yale Alumni Association and Belonging at Yale. […]

December 4, 2020

AMELIA LOWER
With no Ivy League team in March Madness this spring, conference could lose out on more than $1.5 million over six years

Representatives from the NCAA and Yale told the News that the policies around 2021 NCAA Tournament unit distribution, which benefits Division I conferences and their member institutions, remain undecided. Money might not be guaranteed for conferences that do not compete.

December 3, 2020

AMELIA LOWER & BEN SCHER
40.2 percent of returning student-athletes take leaves of absence this fall

Yale students and athletes encountered a dilemma as the 2020-21 academic year approached, with no fall Ivy League competition and uncertainty about the viability of […]

December 3, 2020