Research & Theory Social scientists have conducted relatively
little research on hazing among college students. Below are
highlights from two key studies, including research at Cornell.
Numerous deaths have occurred from hazing, though little
research has been done to assess the incidence of hazing-related
fatalities (or injuries). Author Hank Nuwer has developed a
website that serves as an "Unofficial Clearinghouse to Track
Hazing Deaths and Incidents." The second documented hazing death
on a U.S. campus was at Cornell in 1873 (Nuwer, 1999). Kappa
Alpha Sigma pledge Mortimer N. Leggett fell into the Six-Mile
Creek gorge in Ithaca and died after while trying to find his
way home after being taken into the woods at night. Hazing at
Cornell In 2002-2003, undergraduate honors researcher Gretchen
Poulos '03 and Cornell faculty members Dr. Shelly Campo and Dr.
John Sipple conducted a survey on team building, initiation and
hazing among Cornell students. - Anonymous, self-report web
survey - Sample size = 736 under