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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

Remembrance Week canceled, scholars to hold events virtually this year

Remembrance Week events will take place starting in October and extend throughout the semester to adhere to new coronavirus regulations. Read More »

September 20, 2020 at 9:10 pm

Old and new traditions mark 150 years of SU history

As SU celebrates its 150th anniversary, The Daily Orange reflects on 150 years of old, new and ended traditions. Read More »

April 26, 2020 at 1:36 pm

Lockerbie bomber could get new appeal

35 Syracuse University students died in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Read More »

March 11, 2020 at 6:00 pm

Gallery: Rose Laying Ceremony and Remembrance Scholar Convocation

The 35 Remembrance Scholars placed roses on top of the Remembrance Wall to commemorate the 35 students studying abroad who died on Pan Am Flight 103. Read More »

October 25, 2019 at 10:03 pm

BY CHANCE: Students who switched tickets escaped the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing

In 1988, random decisions to switch tickets and choose flights saved the lives of several students studying in Europe through SU's abroad program. Read More »

October 24, 2019 at 12:25 am

Panelists discuss media portrayals of domestic terrorism

The “All-American Terrorism Panel” took place in Gifford Auditorium as a part of Remembrance Week, which honors the 35 students who passed away in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.  Read More »

October 23, 2019 at 11:15 pm

Ryan O'Connell talks life, TV series at University Union event

Ryan O'Connell, who created and acted in the TV series "Special," came to speak in Goldstein Auditorium on Tuesday Night. Read More »

October 23, 2019 at 1:32 am

Seating display humanizes Pan Am Flight 103 victims

On Tuesday, the Remembrance Scholars sat on the Quad for 35 minutes in solidarity with the the victims of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing. Read More »

October 22, 2019 at 9:28 pm