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Past Remembrance Scholars reflect on program, representing Pan Am Flight 103 victims

Past Remembrance Scholars reflect on the emotions they felt while representing students killed in the Pan Am Flight 103 attack. Read More »

October 19, 2022 at 11:32 pm


Lockerbie Scholars navigate bridging SU, Lockerbie sides of Pan Am Flight 103 disaster

2022-23 Lockerbie Scholars Zach Blackstock and Natasha Gilfillan are navigating SU's Remembrance while reflecting on Pan Am Flight 103's impact in Scotland. Read More »

October 19, 2022 at 1:27 am


Gallery: 35 minutes of 'Sitting in Solidarity'

At 1:28 pm on Monday, October 17, the 35 Remembrance Scholars sat down in their respective chair displayed outside of Hendricks Chapel. The cohort sat in silence as part of the "Sitting in Solidarity" ceremony for 35 minutes, each minute representing a life of a Syracuse student lost in the 1988 terrorist attack of Pan Am 103. Read More »

October 18, 2022 at 12:49 am


Gallery: Remembrance Scholars hold candlelight vigil for Pan Am 103 victims

Remembrance Week 2022 began Sunday, October 16 with the candlelight vigil organized and put on by the Remembrance cohort. Scholars read the names of the 270 victims of the 1988 Pan Am 103 terrorism act and placed battery powered tea lights on the Remembrance Wall in honor of those who died. Read More »

October 18, 2022 at 12:35 am


Remembrance Scholars honor Pan Am Flight 103 victims with 'Sitting in Solidarity'

As the 2022-23 cohort of Remembrance Scholars sat in silence during the “Sitting in Solidarity” event, the bells continued their ringing. Read More »

October 17, 2022 at 11:51 pm


SU and the Remembrance Program need to work harder to move forward

I am frustrated and ashamed by how the program and SU have handled this situation. They have consistently downplayed and overlooked the impact that these antisemetic findings have on the future of Remembrance. Read More »

October 17, 2022 at 9:29 pm


Remembrance Scholar cohort holds candlelight vigil to begin 2022 Remembrance Week

The 2022-23 Remembrance Scholar cohort hosted a candlelight vigil Sunday at the Place of Remembrance to begin SU’s 2022 Remembrance Week. Read More »

October 17, 2022 at 1:38 am


Members of Remembrance Scholar cohort reflect on program’s future

Remembrance Scholars discuss needs for education and a program focus shift following the discovery of antisemitic materials in Pan Am flight 103 archives. Read More »

October 17, 2022 at 1:37 am


Changes made to this year’s Remembrance Week events

The university’s Remembrance program published its schedule for Oct. 16 through Oct. 22 on Thursday with multiple changes from previous years. Read More »

October 16, 2022 at 11:54 pm


Jewish community members react to antisemitic language in Pan Am Flight 103 Archive

Jewish community members at Syracuse University react to antisemitic language found in Pan Am Flight 103 archives ahead of Remembrance Week. Read More »

October 13, 2022 at 12:45 am


What to expect for Remembrance Week 2022

Since the attack on Dec. 21, 1988, SU has honored the victims every year by presenting the Remembrance Scholarship to 35 seniors who each represent an individual student who died. Read More »

October 12, 2022 at 11:51 pm


Antisemitic language found in Remembrance archives

Jason and Eric Coker both used antisemitic language and imagery in letters to family members in 1988, the year of the attack. The two are part of a group of 35 victims memorialized annually by SU’s Remembrance Week. Read More »

October 11, 2022 at 4:09 pm


Gallery: Remembrance Scholars lay roses to honor Pan Am Flight 103 victims

Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars, as well as others who came to honor the lives of those lost in the Pan Am Flight 103 terrorist attack, gathered for the Rose-Laying Ceremony and set flowers on and around the Wall of Remembrance. Read More »

October 22, 2021 at 11:18 pm


Nearly 200 people honor Pan Am Flight 103 victims at annual Rose-Laying Ceremony

About 200 people gathered at the Place of Remembrance as 37 students — 35 Remembrance Scholars and two Lockerbie Scholars — set roses onto the Wall of Remembrance and pledged to look back and act forward. Read More »

October 22, 2021 at 10:24 pm


Remembrance Scholars explore archives to connect with Pan Am Flight 103 victims

SU's Pan Am Flight 103 Archives is located on the sixth floor of Bird Library, and contains personal items of those killed in the tragedy, and items relating to the flight itself and the aftermath. Read More »

October 19, 2021 at 11:25 pm


SA addresses attack near Marshall Street

SA President David Bruen brought up the discussion of the assault to assembly members early in the meeting. Read More »

October 19, 2021 at 1:12 am


Gallery: 2021 Remembrance Scholars participate in 'Sitting in Solidarity'

The 2021 Remembrance Scholars participate in one of the many Remembrance Week events entitled "Sitting in Solidarity." Read More »

October 18, 2021 at 8:28 pm


For these 3 ROTC cadets, Remembrance Scholarship heightens their sense of purpose

Three of the 35 Remembrance Scholars — Madeline Messare, Elizabeth Billman and Madeleine Gordon — are female ROTC cadets at SU. Read More »

October 18, 2021 at 12:20 am


Here are this year's in-person Remembrance Week events

Syracuse University will host Remembrance Week events including the 35 Empty Seats Display and the annual Rose Laying Ceremony. Read More »

October 17, 2021 at 6:05 pm


Lockerbie Scholars form their own connections to Pan Am flight 103 tragedy

During Remembrance Week, which is Oct. 17-23, Lauren Carruthers and Alicia Pagan will speak about the victims from Pan Am Flight 103 they represent. Read More »

September 15, 2021 at 11:53 pm


SU community gathers to memorialize victims of Pan Am Flight 103

SU hosted a virtual service Monday to memorialize the passengers on the flight, including 35 SU students who were returning from a semester abroad. Read More »

December 21, 2020 at 5:22 pm


DOJ unseals charges against suspect in Pan Am Flight 103 bombing

Attorney General William Barr announced the charges on the 32nd anniversary of the terrorist attack. Read More »

December 21, 2020 at 2:34 pm


DOJ expected to unseal charges on new suspect in Pan Am Flight 103 bombing

The Justice Department is now planning to unseal charges within days against alleged Libyan bomb-maker Abu Agila Mohammad Masud, a suspect in the bombing. Read More »

December 16, 2020 at 3:27 pm


Chair display commemorates the 35 Pan Am Flight 103 victims

The display is a fixture of SU’s annual Remembrance Week and represents the 35 SU students who were killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Read More »

October 5, 2020 at 11:18 pm