Impressed With Plans Discussed During Town Hall Meeting

A few things stand out to me:

  • Your choices for each quarter are separate. Enrolled students are permitted to attend Autumn Quarter remotely and Winter and Spring Quarters from campus. However, the availability of off-campus apartments may be subject to change.
  • All residents living in the University residence halls will be required to participate in a mandatory testing program, paid for by the University, that will begin with their move-in and will continue during the time in residence. Students living off-campus will be able to participate in a voluntary ongoing testing program. At any time that College students feel that they have been exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19 or experience symptoms, they can be tested at no cost.
  • Per the UChicago Health Pact, the expectation is that socializing will be done only while wearing the appropriate face covering, maintaining physical distance from others, and avoiding large, densely packed crowds.
  • Students do not need to go back into quarantine because of leaving their residence hall or off-campus apartment, unless they have come into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19 or experience symptoms. If they travel to and remain, for 24 hours or more, in one of the states under travel restrictions by the City of Chicago, students must do a mandatory quarantine for 14 days upon return to Chicago or Hyde Park.

(My comment: you can walk around the campus and you are not physically restricted to your dorm after your class is done. This is not an 8 year old camp :wink: .)

  • The University will provide access to medical care to all students living on- or off-campus in the Chicago area who test positive for COVID-19.