Northwestern University: Censorship of Faculty-Produced Bioethics Journal with “Bad Girls” Theme
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Northwestern University
Case Overview
For over 14 months, administrators at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine censored —a faculty-produced bioethics journal—because it published an issue in Winter 2014 with a “Bad Girls” theme deemed too salacious for the school’s image. Though , a new administrative oversight committee was reportedly formed and is tasked with reviewing the content of Atrium’s next issue. This is a significant departure from the publication’s editorial practice, giving rise to concerns that the university will take an active role in policing the publication’s content. Âé¶ą´«Ă˝IOS wrote to Northwestern on May 26, 2015, calling on the university to honor its and cease its repeated intrusions on Atrium’s editorial independence. The university has yet to respond.