The Chicago-area university will pay $75 million to the U.S. government as part of the deal, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.

The Chicago-area university will pay $75 million to the U.S. government as part of the deal, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.

The Chicago-area university will pay $75 million to the U.S. government as part of the deal, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.

Northwestern University has reached a $75 million deal with the Trump administration, ending a long dispute involving the freezing of $790 million in research funds.

The Trump administration had frozen $790 million in grants that contributed to university layoffs and the resignation of the university's president in September.

The federal government is ending its civil rights investigation at Northwestern University and restoring $790 million in research funding.