When the bipartisan Stop Campus Hazing Act was signed into law in December 2024, it strengthened the future of anti-hazing efforts across the nation. But while the law will bring significant changes to institutions of higher education to increase transparency, accountability, and prevention of hazing, Cornell has long been recognized as a leader in hazing prevention as the university to first publicly share its hazing violations and sanctions with the launch of hazing.cornell.edu in 2005. 

"For two decades, Cornell’s policies and practices have emphasized transparency and accountability regarding campus hazing incidents,” said Laura Santacrose ’11, associate director of Cornell Health’s Skorton Center for Health Initiatives. “As an alumna and current member of Cornell Health’s Skorton Center for Health Initiatives, I was proud to co-author the first academic journal article reflecting a public health approach to preventing hazing on a university campus with national hazing prevention experts, Tim Marchell ’82 and Elizabeth Allan.”  

This approach recognizes that students, staff, faculty, alumni, parents, community members and national organizations all have a role to play, Santacrose said, and aligns with Cornell’s health-promoting campus goal of creating a welcoming and inclusive culture where all members of our community can flourish.

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