Friends and family are gathering at Northwestern University for a memorial service for U.S. journalist James Foley, who was killed by Islamic State extremists in Syria.
The university says Foley's mother and grandmother plan to attend the memorial at 4 p.m. Thursday at Alice Millar Chapel in Evanston. Foley earned a master's degree from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism in 2008.
Medill Dean Bradley Hamm says the memorial is a chance for the university and the community to "gather in reflection" on Foley's life.
Foley was in Syria in 2012 when he was captured by militants. He was killed in August by extremists. Members of the Islamic State said they killed Foley because of U.S. intervention in the conflict in Iraq and Syria.
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