In 2025, UNC-Chapel Hill joined a national research study focused on preventing hazing on college campuses. The What Works Study, led by The Timothy J. Piazza Center for Fraternity and Sorority Research at Penn State University, brings together students and campus partners from college and universities across the country to strengthen hazing prevention.
For three years, participating campuses will use research and student feedback to develop hazing prevention strategies tailored to their communities. At Carolina, this includes a new hazing prevention program for all students and student organizations launching in Spring 2026, led by Violence prevention and Advocacy Services and Student Life and Leadership. Undergraduate, graduate, and professional students will also have the opportunity to participate in a hazing prevention survey each year to help inform future hazing prevention efforts, resources, and support at the campus and national levels.
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