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Announcements

August 26: All-campus email from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || Additional Details on Autumn Quarter 2020 Plans

August 4: All-campus email from President Robert J. Zimmer & Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || UChicago Health Pact

July 3: All-campus email from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || New Chicago Travel Order

June 30: All-campus email from President Robert J. Zimmer & Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || Autumn Quarter 2020 Plans

June 12: Email to Faculty, Other Academic Appointees, and Staff || Resumption of In-Person Activity and Guide

June 10: All-campus email from President Robert J. Zimmer || An Update on Financial Measures

June 4: Message from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || CARES Act Funds for Students

June 3: Message from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || An Update On Campus-wide Planning

May 27: Message from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || A Phased Approach For The Resumption Of On-Campus Research

May 15: All-campus email from President Robert J. Zimmer || Planning Underway For Eventual Resumption Of Campus Activities

May 8: Message from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || New Guidance On Summer Programming

May 7: All-campus email from President Robert J. Zimmer || COVID-19 Financial Implications Update

May 5: All-campus email from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || Research Resumption

April 30: Response to Calls for Reduced Tuition

April 24: All-campus email from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || Extension of Stay at Home Order

April 21: All-campus email from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || Financial Support

April 7:

• • All-campus email from President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || Convocation 2020
  • All-campus email from President Robert J. Zimmer || Financial Implications of COVID-19

April 6: All-campus video message from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || Spring Quarter Welcome Message

April 5: All-campus email from President Robert J. Zimmer || Spring Quarter Welcome Message

March 30: All-campus email from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || Academic and administrative campus buildings will have restricted access

March 28: All-campus email from President Robert J. Zimmer || Supporting our South Side neighbors, businesses, and nonprofits

March 25: All-campus email from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee and Executive Vice President of the University for Biology and Medicine, Kenneth S. Polonsky, MD || Update on COVID-19 precautions and testing

March 22: All-campus email from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || Updated travel alert from the U.S. State Department

March 20:

• All-campus email from Ivan Samstein, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer || Continued pay for food service workers
• All-campus email from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || University actions in accordance with the ‘Stay at Home’ Order for Illinois

March 18:

• • All-campus email from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || Closure of University libraries
  • All-campus email from President Robert J. Zimmer || Letter regarding the COVID-19 challenge

March 17:

• • All-campus email from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee and Executive Vice President of the University for Biology and Medicine, Kenneth S. Polonsky, MD || Case of COVID-19 at the University
  • All-campus email from Eric Heath, Associate Vice President for Safety and Security || Additional operational steps to ensure the health and wellbeing of our community

March 16:

• • An update from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee on COVID-19 Planning for Research || Update on research continuity
  • All-campus email from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || Spring Quarter delayed by one week and will begin on April 6 for most units

March 13:

• • Email to undergraduates from the Dean of Students in the College || Final exams administered and evaluated online or through other remote mediums.
  • All-campus email from Kenneth S. Polonsky, MD, Executive Vice President of the University for Biology and Medicine || Case of COVID-19 at the Medical Center
  • All-campus email from President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Ka Yee C. Lee ||  University encourages remote work as appropriate.

March 12:

• • All-campus email from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || University suggests those traveling internationally to consider returning to the U.S.
  •  All-campus email from President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || University transitioning to remote learning for Spring 2020

March 10: All-campus email from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee and Executive Vice President of the University for Biology and Medicine, Kenneth S. Polonsky, MD || University suspending nonessential travel, faculty-led Study Abroad programs, and events of more than 100 people

Mar. 3: All-campus email from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee and Executive Vice President of the University for Biology and Medicine, Kenneth S. Polonsky, MD || University strongly discourages travel to any country with a CDC travel health notice of Level 3

Feb. 28: All-campus email from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee and Executive Vice President of the University for Biology and Medicine, Kenneth S. Polonsky, MD || New travel guidelines and an update on University precautionary steps

Feb. 21: All-campus email from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee || University strongly advises travelers check COVID-19 alerts and precautions at all destinations

Feb. 6: All-campus email from Provost Ka Yee C. Lee and Executive Vice President of the University for Biology and Medicine, Kenneth S. Polonsky, MD || University following CDPH guidance on self-quarantine following travel from mainland China

Feb. 4: View Feb. 4 website update

Jan. 28:

• Website update ||  Updated travel advisory for China
•  All-campus email from Provost Daniel Diermeier ||  University temporarily closes the Center in Beijing and Yuen Campus in Hong Kong

Jan. 24: All-campus email from Provost Daniel Diermeier and Executive Vice President of the University for Biology and Medicine, Kenneth S. Polonsky, MD ||  Update on COVID-19 screening procedures

Jan. 23: Website update ||  Recommended actions for preventing the spread of viruses