We scoured Etsy, Pinterest, and sorority blogs from eight years ago to find some of the all-time best fraternity coolers out there. Mountain weekend, beach weekend, formal -- it doesn’t matter the occasion. You’re not truly initiated until a girl paints your Igloo. ... Read more

Suspensions, hazing, movie deals. It's been a crazy week in Greek life around the country. Here are the biggest fraternity and sorority headlines. DA To Announce Results From Penn State Investigation  Results into the death of a Beta Theta Pi fraternity pledge are scheduled to be live-streamed on Monday, November 13th.... Read more

Spring is right around the corner. Most schools that conduct formal recruitment during the spring semester have recently welcomed their new babies. Just as we have for the last several years, we’ve assembled the data to determine what sororities/fraternities are on top of the Greek rankings. We’ve had some shakeups in our rankings from last semester. Here are GreekRank’s Spring 2017’s top sororities and fraternities in the categories of Sisterhood/Brotherhood, Involvement, Classiness, Popularity, Looks, Fun, And Overall Highest Ranked... Read more

It is that time of the year again. Recruitment season is about to be in full swing. Potential new members from across the country are looking to find the best sisterhood/brotherhood for them to spend the next 4 years with. We've had some shakeups in our rankings from last semester. Here are GreekRank's Fall 2016 top sororities and fraternities in the categories of Sisterhood/Brotherhood, Involvement, Classiness, Popularity, Looks, Fun, And Overall Highest Ranked.... Read more

There are a lot of great fraternity philanthropies. They all have worthy causes that aid brothers in living their noble creeds. Some philanthropic efforts, although, have recently been going above and beyond. Here’s a list of the top 5 fraternity philanthropies of 2015.... Read more

While there are plenty of excellent colleges without much of a Greek Life, it’s important to acknowledge the positive influence that having a strong Greek Life presence on campus offers students. From the percentage of undergraduate students involved in Greek Life to the number of chapters on each campus, the following schools have risen above the rest. Checkout the following list of colleges across the country that offer the best Greek Life experiences by the numbers:... Read more

Greekrank.com has tallied up all of the ratings and rankings to unveil the fraternities and sororities who are the current all-time leaders in each of the following categories:   Sisterhood/Brotherhood, Involvement, Classiness, Popularity, Looks, Fun, And Overall Highest Ranked... Read more

You have made one of the biggest decisions of your life to go to college. Congratulations! However, that’s not the only decision that you’ll have to make when it comes to college life. Another important decision that you’ll probably make is the decision to go Greek in college. Greek life has lots of benefits to offer to its members – opportunities to build a network, social/community activities to participate in, a strong brotherhood bond to maintain, and many more!  However, one of the biggest challenges college guys face at the beginning of their Greek life is choosing the right fraternity for themselves.... Read more

Nobody warned me about formal season. I joined my fraternity as a sophomore, so I'd already watched friends stress about it from the outside and figured they were exaggerating. They weren't. Formal is not just a dance you show up to. It's a whole operation - logistics, planning, social maneuvering, wardrobe decisions - and if you're not ready for it, it will humble you fast. ... Read more

There is exactly one Greek tradition that can make a house full of grown men stand in formation at 11pm on a Tuesday, singing in harmony to a sorority, while wearing matching outfits they definitely didn't iron themselves. That tradition is the serenade. And depending on where you went to school, your reaction to that sentence was either "aww, that's actually sweet" or a full-body shudder. ... Read more

Molloy University just made history by establishing its first fraternity and sorority, and honestly, most people outside of Long Island probably scrolled past that headline without a second thought. That's a mistake. Because what's happening at Molloy isn't just a small private Catholic university checking a box - it's a reminder of something Greek life keeps proving over and over again: the demand for this kind of community doesn't go away just because a school hasn't gotten around to building it yet. ... Read more

A book called The Rush Bible by Trisha Addicks is making the rounds, and apparently The Advocate thinks it cracks the code on what makes Greek life work. The premise is right there in the headline - someone figured out the recipe for the secret sauce. And honestly, that framing alone is enough to make any IFC guy sit up and pay attention, because we've all heard that phrase thrown around. The thing is, I'm not sure the secret sauce is something you can write down in a book. ... Read more

Every few years, a university announces it's rethinking its relationship with Greek housing - either pulling back on institutional support, pushing chapters onto a specific row, or threatening to revoke housing agreements if compliance metrics don't improve. And every time it happens, the debate splits cleanly into two camps: people who think Greek houses are the backbone of chapter life, and people who think they're the source of every problem. Both sides are missing the actual complexity here. ... Read more

Another semester, another fraternity suspension making headlines. Ohio State has suspended a fraternity over hazing and alcohol violations, and if you spend any time on Greek life forums or social media, you've probably already seen the takes rolling in. Half the comments are some version of 'Greek life is beyond saving' and the other half are defensive damage control. I get both reactions. But neither one is actually useful here. ... Read more

Every few months, some campus newspaper runs a headline that basically amounts to "Is Greek life gonna survive?" and I have to physically stop myself from rolling my eyes into another dimension. The Santa Clara just published their version of this piece - the classic "doomed to fail or hope for the future" framing - and look, I get it. It's a legitimate question. But it's also a question that's been asked approximately nine thousand times since at least 2010, and Greek life is still here. So maybe we need to retire the dramatic binary and actually talk about what's happening. ... Read more