Overview

• Boston University has engaged an independent panel to assess and recommend reforms to its athletics department’s harassment prevention and reporting procedures.
• The review follows Alex Cooper’s Hulu docuseries and a Boston Globe exposé detailing allegations of grooming, unwanted touching and other misconduct by former coaches Nancy Feldman and Casey Brown.
• At least 18 players reported similar claims against Brown to the university’s Equal Opportunity Office last year, leading to his leave in October 2024 and resignation in December.
• Earlier internal and independent investigations, including one led by Phil Catanzano’s Education & Sports Law Group, found no policy violations, drawing criticism that the university’s zero-tolerance stance was not enforced.
• Cooper and other alumnae continue pushing for accountability as the university awaits recommendations from the external review panel.