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Chris Geidner

@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

This is an incredibly invasive settlement — similar in several parts to the Columbia settlement. It is signed by Northwestern University interim president Henry Bienen. www.northwestern.edu/president/do...

For Northwestern University
Signed by:
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Henry S. Bienen
Interim President, Northwestern University
633 Clark Street
Evanston, IL 60208
For the United States:
Lams Tall
The Honorable Harmeet K. Dhillon
Assistant Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530
For the Department of Health and Human Services:
Paula M. Stannard
Director, Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S. W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Dated:
11/28,2025

November 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM

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Chris Geidner

@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

Any person who claims to be an academic leader and signs a document like this is neither.

November 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM

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Chris Geidner

@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

Paragraphs 21-26 are incredibly invasive diversity-related changes.

November 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM

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Chris Geidner

@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

Among the provisions are ones agreeing to the Trump administration's definition of sex as "biological sex" and agreeing "not perform hormonal interventions and transgender surgeries ... on any individual under the age of 18 years old, effective immediately."

28. Northwestern will uphold its commitment to Title IX by providing safe and fair opportunities for women, including single-sex housing for any woman, defined on the basis of sex, who requests such accommodations and all-female sports, locker rooms, and showering facilities.
29. Northwestern and its Feinberg School of Medicine shall not perform hormonal interventions and transgender surgeries, including but not limited to mastectomies, phalloplasties, vaginoplasties, and/or any other procedure intended to alter an individual's sex characteristics, on any individual under the age of 18 years old, effective immediately upon the Effective Date of this Agreement.
a. Northwestern shall revise all policies, protocols, and public-facing materials at Feinberg School of Medicine to reflect the commitment set forth in this paragraph on hormonal interventions and transgender surgeries to individuals under the age of 18 years old and ensure compliance with federal laws.
b. Northwestern shall notify all faculty and administrators of the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern's commitments set forth above regarding transgender surgeries on minors within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date.
30. Together with its first quarterly certification as set out in Paragraph 49, Northwestern shall submit a report to the Assistant Attorney General, confirming compliance with the preceding paragraph. The report shall include documentation of compliance, such as revised policy documents and copies of notifications sent.

"Sex," "female," "male," "women," and "men" are defined in Executive Order 14168, Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government (Jan. 20, 2025), and related executive orders.

November 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM

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John Pfaff

@johnpfaff.bsky.social

Appeasement has never worked. Never.

November 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM

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Paul Gowder

@gowder.io

TL;DR: basically the same contemptible garbage as all the other schools, anti-trans, anti-protest, more restrictive on admissions than the court held in SFFA. 75 million dollar tribute payment. At least no surveillance of teaching evaluations I guess?

November 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM