Knoxville, Tennessee
What has been reported publicly about abuse at this school, newest first. Each entry describes its legal or disciplinary status as reported and links to the original source.
UT reported four incidents at on-campus fraternity houses over one weekend in August 2026, including three sexual assault reports and two suspected druggings.
Status: Reported; under investigation by UT Police; no charges reported.
Response: University issued a campus safety notice.
The university cited the Pi chapter for hazing including hitting and kicking new members, forced drinking and late-night intimidation, after repeated sanctions since 2018.
Status: Chapter suspended by university for five years, through fall 2026 (December 2021).
Response: University suspended the chapter and closed its house.
In August 2018 UT Knoxville received a report that a tenured geography professor and lab director had an intimate relationship with a student, followed by further reports of inappropriate conduct with students, some of it sexual in nature, that the university described as a pattern of abusing his position.
Status: Placed on leave during a university investigation; resigned in lieu of termination in 2018, relinquishing tenure and emeritus status and made ineligible for rehire. No criminal charges were reported.
Response: UT barred him from campus, re-keyed the lab, reassigned his courses and graduate committees, offered counseling to students and reviewed publications involving him and his students.
Multiple hazing incidents over three years included forced military-style training in 2013 and forced push-ups and a 300-yard swim in fall 2015.
Status: Chapter suspended by national organization for a minimum of five years (2016).
Response: National board suspended the chapter; house sublet to other groups.
University officials found the Alpha Phi Alpha chapter hazed pledges, including allegedly pouring hot sauce on pledges' genitals, after parents complained in 2014. The chapter had been barred from taking new members at the time.
Status: University disciplinary finding; two students admitted to hazing while ten denied it. No criminal charges were reported.
Response: UT suspended the chapter's registration until August 2016.
A parent reported in November 2013 that Pi Kappa Phi new members were being physically and verbally attacked, providing a photo of a bleeding pledge; UT police confirmed pledges had been hazed, with some suffering injuries.
Status: UT police found hazing occurred; chapter members admitted to the national organization that they violated its risk-management policy.
Response: Pi Kappa Phi's national office suspended the chapter, barring it from recolonizing before August 2017.
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Entries summarize public news reports, court filings and official records. Allegations are unproven unless a court or official body has ruled. Report a Frat is not affiliated with any school or fraternity. Last updated 2026-10-16.