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A group of four people wearing the same yellow sorority t-shirts all take a selfie with a smartphone. They stand on a rooftop with other sorority members in the background.

Opinion: Fraternities suck. Here’s why they’re still important.

The prominence of NYU’s Greek life is minimal. Maybe it’s time we brought it back.
Noah Zaldivar, Contributing Writer October 18, 2022

I’ve often heard it said that joining a fraternity at NYU is a social death sentence. Though frat propagandists might try to tell you otherwise, Greek life is barely a part of...

Members of the Tau Epsilon chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. pose with their Sigma hand sign after co-hosting an event in Kimmel on Tuesday.

Sigma Gamma Rho Creates Space for Women of Color

Taylor Nicole Rogers, Editor-at-Large April 16, 2018
NYU’s only black sorority works to include black female students in student life.
NYU sorority Delta Gamma recruited 150 new pledges on Sunday, making up the founding class of sisters.

NYU Welcomes Newest Sorority in Delta Gamma

Greta Chevance, Deputy News Editor February 24, 2016
Delta Gamma sorority colonized at NYU and inducted its first class of sisters on Monday night.
NYU's Dance Marathon raised over $300 for the B+ foundation, which seeks to find a cure and treat childhood cancer.

12 hours of dancing raise $333,703.34 for charity

Lexi Faunce, Deputy News Editor November 30, 2015
After 12 hours of dancing, NYU students raised over $300,000 for the Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation.
NYU Sorority, Zeta Tau Alpha, have been working hard to raise money to enable the American Cancer Society to fund crucial breast cancer research.

Seeing pink during Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Christine Wang, Deputy News Editor October 20, 2015
A look at what NYU organizations are doing for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The developers of Dentity hope to make contact information more accessible and organized.

App connects Greek life members

Amanda Morris, Staff Writer October 30, 2014
The networking app, Dentity, provides fraternities and sororities with an easier way to exchange information.
via facebook.com

Students seek to add NYU chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho

October 17, 2013
Gallatin junior Tiana Morrison aspires to bring both a culture and service-oriented organization to campus while strengthening the school’s community with a chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho
Courtesy of  Jackie Lebovitz

Freshmen trio seeks to change NYU Greek life with co-ed sorority

February 27, 2013
Three NYU freshmen decided to create Pi Pi Pi, a gender-neutral sorority.