Syracuse University announces 37th class of Remembrance Scholars
Syracuse University announced its 2026-27 Remembrance Scholars. Now in its 37th year, the scholarships are awarded to 35 rising seniors. Taite Paradise | Staff Photographer
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Syracuse University announced its 2026-27 Remembrance Scholars in a Monday press release.
The scholarship, now in its 37th year, is awarded to 35 rising seniors, representing a victim, many SU students, in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
Each fall semester, SU observes Remembrance Week to honor the victims of the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing — a terrorist attack that killed 270 victims. The university’s Remembrance Scholars aim to educate the campus community about the bombing and remember the lives of the victims.
The scholars are also tasked with planning Remembrance Week activities, according to SU’s website.
“The Remembrance Scholars bring something exceptional to our University: a commitment to learning, to leading and to giving back,” Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Lois Agnew said. “Recognizing them is both a privilege and a point of deep pride for Syracuse University.”
The scholars were chosen to receive the scholarship through a “competitive” selection process.
The selected students represent several colleges across SU, including the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the Falk College of Sport. Fifteen of the 35 future scholars are members of the Renée Crown University Honors Program.
The scholars will also be joined by 10 Lockerbie Fellows for Remembrance Week to honor the Scottish residents killed in the bombing.
The 2026-27 Remembrance Scholars are listed below:
- Victoria Alwar, a biology major and neuroscience major, and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program
- Madiou Bah, a broadcast and digital journalism major and an economics major
- Sigourney Bell, a broadcast and digital journalism major and member of the honors program
- Nasya Simone Bellard, a political science major
- Tyler Branigan, a policy studies major, economics major, an environment, sustainability and policy major and a member of the honors program
- Teaghan Brostrom, an international relations major, a broadcast and digital journalism major and a member of the honors program
- Keona Bukhari-Adams, a neuroscience and psychology major
- Mason Burley, an inclusive adolescent education major and history major
- Samuel Esteban Cornell, an international relations major and finance major
- Eliora Enriquez, a film major
- Quinn Gonzalez, a nutrition major and a member of the honors program
- Jiya Gumaste, a chemistry major and a neuroscience major
- Shivika Gupta, a political science major and a law, society and policy major
- Abigail (Abi) Handel, a biology major a member of the honors program
- Alexis Heveron, a chemical engineering major
- Emily Hunnewell, a policy studies major and a business management major
- Daniella Jacob, a health and exercise science major and a member of the honors program
- Sydney Kincaid, a music education major
- Kennedy King, an anthropology major and political science major, an art history major and a member of the honors program
- Chloe Anjolie Kiser, an advertising major and a member of the honors program
- Carmen Lee-Bennett,a biology major and a member of the honors program
- Aaron Lener, a linguistic studies major, an international relations major and a member of the honors program
- Haonan (Eric) Ma, a student in the School of Architecture
- Carter J. Moreland, a political science major and an economics major
- Darren Murphy, an applied mathematics major, an economics major and a member of the honors program
- Sophia Hoyos Murray, a psychology major and biology major
- Matilda Nichols, a chemistry major and forensic science major
- Will Parsons, a chemical engineering major
- Alana Ramirez-Velez, a biology major and neuroscience major and a member of the honors program
- Ella Roerden, an anthropology major and international relations major
- Sreshtha Thangaswamy, a political science major and economics major
- Halle Varney, a psychology major
- Cara Williams, an international relations major, a political philosophy major and a member of the honors program
- Katie Wood, a musical theater major and a member of the honors program
- Chelsea Zhang, a student in the School of Architecture
The cohort will be recognized during a convocation in the fall.
