In total, 35 Syracuse University students were celebrated at a convocation, memorializing those lost in the bombing of Pan Am 103. The Remembrance Scholarships are among the most prestigious scholarships awarded by Syracuse University.

The SoldierScholarship, which is meant to provide financial aid for post-9/11 veterans who wish to continue their education in public service, recently awarded Jordan Robinson, who served in the Marine Corps for six years prior to becoming a graduate student in the public diplomacy program at Maxwell.

"The survival of our democracy requires public confidence in the country's institutions—a confidence that has been shaken by this election. Cynicism promotes resignation and non-participation and a dangerous and thoughtless acceptance of facile, misleading and false promises," writes James Roger Sharp, professor emeritus of history.