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This year marks the 34th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. The 2022-23 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars have planned events and activities to remember the 270 people who lost their lives in the tragedy.

Remembrance Week, the annual weeklong series of events planned by the Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars, will be held Sunday, Oct. 16, through Saturday, Oct. 22. Remembrance Week events are meant to memorialize the victims and further educate the campus community about terrorism. All activities are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. For more information, visit��. Those who require accommodations to fully participate in these events should contact Heather Ryerson at��315.443.5725 or by email at hmryerso@syr.edu. The schedule is as follows:

��All Week��

• 35 Empty Seats Display, Kenneth A. Shaw Quadrangle
  The 35 Empty Seats are the visual representation of the 35 ���ϲ����� students lost aboard Pan Am Flight 103. The exhibition is meant to serve as a reminder of how a loss in the past can inspire positive actions in the present. This year’s Remembrance Scholars will sit in solidarity in the chairs on Monday, Oct. 17, beginning at 1:28 p.m.
• Pen-and-ink drawings of the 35 ���ϲ����� study abroad student victims will be on display in Hendricks Chapel.
• Blue and white flags, one for each of the Pan Am 103 victims, will be on display in the area between the Newhouse School and Schine Student Center. Also, the Hall of Languages, Hendricks Chapel and the JMA Wireless Dome will be lit in blue in honor of Remembrance Week.

Sunday, Oct. 16

• Music and Message, Hendricks Chapel, 4 p.m. and��Candlelight Vigil, Hendricks Chapel to the Place of Remembrance, 5:30 p.m.
  The Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars will begin Remembrance Week activities with a Music and Message collaboration with Hendricks Chapel that addresses themes of hope, resilience and action in the face of tragedy. The evening will conclude with a Remembrance Candlelight Vigil beginning at Hendricks Chapel and concluding at the Place of Remembrance.

Monday, Oct. 17

• “Sitting in Solidarity,” Kenneth A. Shaw Quadrangle, 1:28 p.m.
  The Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars will sit in the 35 empty chairs on the Quad for 35 minutes.

Tuesday, Oct. 18

• “Look Back, Act Forward Mural,” 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Schine Student Center

Wednesday, Oct. 19

• “Look Back, Act Forward Mural,” 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Schine Student Center
• Screening of “Seat 20D,” 7 p.m., Gifford Auditorium, Huntington Beard Crouse Hall
  The documentary tells the story of “Dark Elegy,” the memorial created by Suse Lowenstein, whose son, Alexander, was killed in the Pan Am 103 bombing.

Thursday, Oct. 20

• Celebration of Life​, K.G. Tan Auditorum, National Veterans Resource Center at the Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello Building, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
  An evening of music, poetry, art, dancing and more to honor the victims of Pan Am 103 and to celebrate life alongside the victims’ families and the current scholars. American Sign Language interpretation will be available for this event.

��Friday, Oct. 21

• Lecture on “Trauma, Identity, Community and the 1988 Lockerbie Bombing,” Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library, 10 a.m.
  Researchers/criminologists Andy Clark of Newcastle University and Colin Atkinson of the University of the West of Scotland will discuss their recent criminological oral history research with first responders to the Lockerbie disaster site. This presentation is sponsored by the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives at the ���ϲ����� Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center. Communication Access Real-Time (CART) will be provided.

• Rose-Laying Ceremony​, Place of Remembrance,��2:03 p.m.
  This annual ceremony remembers the 270 people, including 35 students studying abroad through ���ϲ�����, who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The ceremony also honors 2002-03 Lockerbie Scholar Andrew McClune, who died in 2002. ASL interpretation will be available for this event.
• Remembrance Scholar Convocation, Hendricks Chapel, 3 p.m.​
  This annual convocation will honor the 2022-23 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars. ASL interpretation and CART translation will be available for this event. A reception at the SU Art Museum Galleria in the Shaffer Art Building will immediately follow.

Additionally, please look for upcoming dialogue-based events to be announced soon.