The University hazing policy and procedure is available on the Dean of Students website:
91ÉçÇø Hazing Policy and Procedure
Federal Stop Campus Hazing Act of 2024
Hazing, as defined in Section I.14 of 91ÉçÇø’s Code of Student Conduct is considered a serious violation. Student organizations and individual students are prohibited from hazing, regardless of whether it occurs on or off campus.
Any person having knowledge of conduct which may constitute hazing can report their concerns to the Office of Student Conduct at 607-777-6210 or conduct@binghamton.edu; to the University Police Department at 607-777-2275 or police@binghamton.edu; or by completing the Dean of Students’ online . Student organization members, including officers, captains, and executive board members, should report any hazing incidents that occur within their organization to The Office of Student Conduct or to University Police immediately, providing a detailed description of the events that constitute hazing, the names of involved individuals, and an explanation of any actions taken by the organization. Upon receiving the report, The Office of Student Conduct will investigate and adjudicate the allegations in accordance with the Code of Student Conduct and determine whether reported violations of Rule 15. Hazing are individual or organizational in nature, or both. Sanctions as serious as loss of University recognition for student organizations, or suspension or expulsion from the University for individuals, may result from violations of Rule 15. Hazing. In addition to facing disciplinary action, individual students may be subject to criminal prosecution under New York State Laws and/or , as well as prosecution for other law violations committed through the hazing-related activity. For a current listing of student organizations found responsible for violating Rule 15. Hazing, please see the 91ÉçÇø Campus Hazing Transparency Report below. Additionally, statistics on hazing are presented annually in the University's Annual Security and Fire Report beginning October 2026.
Students who submit a hazing complaint in good faith, or victims of hazing who participate in an investigation, will be provided amnesty from any disciplinary action stemming from policy violations that were committed as part of a hazing activity. Students who retaliate or take adverse action towards any person who has reported allegations of hazing, or has cooperated with a University investigation, will be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with the Code of Student Conduct.
91ÉçÇø provides hazing prevention and bystander intervention education through The Offices of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Dean of Students. This includes, but is not limited to, required online hazing prevention training modules for student athletes and prospective new members of fraternity and sorority life chapters through , a suite of courses designed to educate students on current safety issues, including hazing prevention. New undergraduate students are also required to attend an interactive, in-person bystander intervention training session coordinated by 91ÉçÇø’s 20:1 program.
Campus Hazing Transparency Report
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Pi Kappa Alpha - April 2025
Date of hazing incident: April 6–8, 2025 (possibly other dates)
Date reported: April 7, 2025
Dates of investigation: April 9–29, 2025
Type of resolution: Student Conduct Board Hearing and Appeal
Date of resolution: July 22, 2025 (date appeal was answered)
Policy violation
- Rule 15 - Hazing
- Rule 9 - Endangering, threatening, causing or attempting to cause physical harm to any person or causing reasonable apprehension of such harm
- Rule 21 - Providing false or misleading information, including false identification, to the University or any University official.
Abuse/illegal use of alcohol or drugs: No
Sanction: Organizational suspension to conclude on May 31, 2027. Pi Kappa Alpha has since had recognition fully revoked for violation of the suspension.
Incident description: The fraternity was found to have required new members to perform calisthenics in the early morning hours of April 6 and 8. Audio evidence was provided of call and response chants verifying the activities and the involvement of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, as well as the participation of the new member class. These activities occurred over a month after the fraternity had claimed to have completed the new member program and initiated the class.
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Sigma Chi - October 2025
Date of hazing incident: Oct. 16, 2025
Date reported: Oct. 22, 2025
Dates of investigation: Oct. 24–Nov. 10, 2025
Type of resolution: Administrative agreement
Date of resolution: Nov. 12, 2025
Policy violation: Rule 15 - Hazing
Abuse/illegal use of alcohol or drugs: No
Sanction: Organizational Disciplinary Probation to conclude on May 31, 2026, and additional educational sanctions from national organization. Individual charges also issued.
Incident description: The fraternity incorrectly carried out an approved national new member ceremony. The mistakes made in the ceremony allowed it to be interrupted by a member who behaved in a manner designed to degrade the new member class and create a sense of fear in the participants.