BOSTON (AP)-The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has settled a lawsuit filed by the parents of a student who killed herself in 2001 after being stalked by a male student.

Julie Carpenter, a sophomore, committed suicide by ingesting cyanide.

Tim and Kay Carpenter filed the suit in 2003, seeking $20 million. The court was informed of the settlement Friday, The Boston Globe reported. Terms were not disclosed.

The Carpenters accused MIT of mishandling their daughter’s reports about the student who was stalking her and failing to respond adequately when it learned she was suicidal.

The male student slept outside Carpenter’s room, broke into her computer, and downloaded intimate video of Carpenter and her boyfriend that he showed to classmates, according to the lawsuit.

The school eventually forced the male student to leave Carpenter’s dorm, but she killed herself a few days after learning he’d be allowed to reapply for residency there the next semester.

Carpenter’s death was one of a string of suicides at MIT that raised questions about the school’s ability to handle students struggling with mental health issues.

On Friday, MIT Chancellor Phillip Clay released a joint statement with the Carpenters in which Clay said that in the last five years, the school had significantly revised its mental health services and disciplinary process and created training programs for staff members.

“We are pleased that, since Julie’s death, MIT has made these changes,” the Carpenters said in the statement.

MIT hired a special investigator to determine whether the university mishandled Carpenter’s case, but would not say what conclusions the investigator reached.

The Globe could not reach the Carpenters or their lawyer for comment on Friday.

The Carpenters should not have filed the suit, said Ken Arnold, the father of Julie Carpenter’s boyfriend.

Arnold said he believes one of the main causes of Julie’s death was a failure of the school’s systems, “but I think MIT has understood that for a while, and we could have gotten more accomplished without litigation.”

In April, MIT settled with the family of Elizabeth Shin, who’d threatened to kill herself several times before dying in 2000 after a fire in her dorm room. MIT and the family ultimately agreed Shin’s death was likely a “tragic accident.”