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 »
Remembrance Week
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
