Tag: Remembrance Week
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 »
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 »
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 »
Lockerbie bomber could get new appeal
35 Syracuse University students died in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »