University of Chicago sign is displayed on the campus in Chicago, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

CHICAGO - Police are investigating a woman's report that she was sexually assaulted during a fraternity party near the University of Chicago campus, an allegation that comes at a time of heightened awareness of sexual violence on college campuses.

Chicago police said no one had been charged Wednesday, a day after university officials posted an alert saying that a person of interest had been identified.


The Chicago case comes amid an uproar over Cornell University's handling of a woman's allegations that she was drugged and gang raped by fraternity members in 2024. A campus investigation led to internal disciplinary action by the university, but no criminal charges were ever filed.

The University of Chicago, a top-ranked U.S. research school with an enrollment of 18,000 students, said in a statement that a woman reported being sexually assaulted early Sunday during a party at the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house.

The university said the perpetrator fled the house after being confronted by another person.

The 21-year-old woman reported the assault to police and went to a hospital for treatment, according to Chicago police. The university said she is not a student.

Chicago police did not immediately provide a copy of the incident report on the alleged attack when The Associated Press requested it Wednesday.

The Chicago Sun-Times, citing the police report, said the woman told police she had been drinking and dancing at the party before she began feeling unwell. The Sun-Times said the report stated two of the woman's friends then found her  not fully conscious  in a bathroom with a man and that both were partially undressed.

The friends told police that to get into the bathroom, they had to force their way through several men who were  cheering and appearing to encourage the activity inside,  the Sun-Times reported.

Alpha Epsilon Pi said no fraternity members took part in the alleged attack or encouraged it. The fraternity's University of Chicago chap
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