Hank Nuwer, Author; Hazing Deaths Database Journalist Hank Nuwer tracks hazing deaths in fraternities and schools. Nuwer is the Alaska author of Hazing: Destroying Young Lives; Broken Pledges: The Deadly Rite of Hazing, High School Hazing, Wrongs of Passage and The Hazing Reader. In April of 2024 and April 2025 , the Alaska Press Club awarded him first place in the Best Columnist division.
He has written articles or columns on hazing for the Sunday Times of India, Toronto Globe & Mail, Harper's Magazine, Orlando Sentinel, The Chronicle of Higher Education and the New York Times Sunday Magazine. His current book is Hazing: Destroying Young Lives from Indiana University Press. He is married to Malgorzata Wroblewska Nuwer of Fairbanks, Alaska. Read his musings in his blog at Real Alaska Daily--http://realalaskadaily.com
Ironically, this well-researched article on hazing by th eSyracuse daily Orange came out even as another death in New York had occurred upstate in Buffalo. See also the University of Buffalo Spectrum
April 17, 2019.
University of Buffalo.
Death following alleged hazing linked to illness and exertion.
The University of Buffalo reported the death of hospitalized student Sebastian Serafin-Bazan. The case is under a police investigation.
Four deaths from hazing have been alleged or confirmed in 2019.
Here is the link to the case.
Breaking news. Link here