Dean Boyer stated that there would be a hybrid Fall Quarter.
https://college.uchicago.edu/news/end-year-message-dean-college-john-w-boyer
This was basically confirmed during tonight’s webinar. Part of the reason is that they are “de-densifying” the class space so that the campus holds only about 25% of its normal capacity at any given time. This will make for some rather creative arrangements, including sections that switch off in-person/remote throughout the week in order to turn over seats more frequently. They are exploring less traditional class space as well.
Housing and dining sounds like you can expect a single room for everyone AND an 8-ft. circumference requirement around you when dining. So that means dining capacity will also be reduced to 25% of capacity. They said they learned a lot from having the students in MaxP this spring but didn’t go into detail.
No word on whether the quarter will be shifted forward in order to end by Thanksgiving, as other schools are doing. Personally, we here are preparing for that possibility.
Jest curious: how do they turn all the doubles at Campus North or South into singles? Put a dry wall between two beds and hang a curtain as front door 
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Not sure, @85bears46 - but no one’s even done the housing lottery yet so all the dorms - and even some non-dorms - are available to be re-imagined!
Also, as it sounds like every other bathroom will be shut down (recommended, I believe by Dr. Emily Landon), it’ll make for some re-imagining of stuff like hygiene. But then, in this new era of stay-at-home, who’s been showering everyday anyway?
You probably don’t need to shower that frequently for a bitter cold Chicago winter.
My guess is all team sports will be cancelled? I can’t see how you can do social distancing for football or basketball. Or wrestling for that matter. Maybe everyone can switch to fencing. Truly the ideal sport for pandemic: everyone is by definition six feet apart and everyone wear mask 
They may be able to do track and swim just by making sure to use every other lane. Tennis, cross country, diving, and golf should be doable (golf would be a club sport).
The real issue wouldn’t be social distancing for some sports. It would be that Ratner and Crown might be taken over for classroom or dorm space. And the play fields are a perfect locale for temporary classroom modules.
Will be interesting to see what happens with sports that’s for sure. NESCACs are going to make a decision at the conference level AFAIK, not sure about UAA.
Even if some sports are more conducive than others to operating during a pandemic, there is still the whole transport issue. So getting to/from the golf course or tennis courts, etc., where the team practices, or driving in a van to away matches/games is problematic unless schools are comfortable defining teams as family units, where social distancing and/or masks aren’t required.
They will also need other teams to play!
Transport might be the easiest challenge to solve because you can just double or triple up the number of vans. Everyone gets their own seat and you only fill every other row. Airline travel is admittedly something that many families might not be comfortable with at this point but will have to reconcile themselves to by the time move-in occurs, unless everyone is planning to drive their kid back to school. Actual competition will be determined by the relevant conferences and associations; not much can be done there. Just wondering about the ability to practice if space is re-purposed for academic or housing. But surely other schools would be doing similar repurposing so it’s very likely a “we are all in this together” situation. That would suggest that either sports come back in full for everyone, or everyone postpones all athletics for the academic year.
This is only an option for the schools that can absorb these extra costs (in addition to all the extra costs they have already absorbed, and will continue to absorb).
UChicago is probably in a position to absorb extra athletic costs, if they choose too (and if UAA sports go).
Hahaha 
@JBStillFlying I was showering every day until I had an accident about two weeks ago; now I’m down to every other day because getting in and out of the shower is too hard. Once thing I’ve learned is, I probably don’t need to shower everyday!
@momo2x2018 Hope you recover quickly! I’ve been down that path myself with a broken limb so I know what it’s like. I remember everything took three times as long.
While the Jewel Osco is boarded up to protect the windows, it’s open as it most everything else south of the University in Woodlawn. Not a whole lot going on and feel perfectly safe riding the 59 out to Midway today.
Target/CVS were open as of last weekend when I was in town. Walgreens at 50th and Cottage Grove, 47th in Kenwood near the Metra stop, and other places on the south side are still closed. The one on 55th in HP is open. The stores in HP that were still closed on 53rd as of last weekend include Kimbark Liquors, the two cell phone stores and Akira. Maybe they are working with their insurance companies. Some property insurance plans don’t cover civil unrest, although if the store was actually left standing and not burned to the ground, then the owners might be able to re-coup inventory and equipment (as long as they were insured in the first place). Hopefully those Walgreens will re-open because the elderly and others depend on the corner pharmacy for their medications and essentials. I think that others stores in that little strip at 50th and Cottage were also looted. Would be a shame to see boarded up retail so close to HP/Kenwood. Pretty sure no one wants to return to the “bad old days.”
Actually I’ve always found the people on the buses in south Chicago to be quite pleasant.
I second @CU123. I was in Hyde Park yesterday and walked around for close to 2 hours on a sunny and unseasonably cool day in June. Yes, some stores were still boarded up. The Walgreen at 55th and Lake Park even had a line for people to get in and everyone had to stand 5 to 6 feet apart while waiting in line. So was Target as @JBStillFlying mentioned above.
But I would say the overall atmosphere was peaceful or even cheery. Main Quad was filled with college kids sitting around and talking. There were small groups of graduates taking pictures with their families.
Currently we are at Phase 3 of Restore Illinois and let’s not forget we are still in the middle of pandemic. Illinois numbers are trending down. I can’t ask anything more than that. Yet what a shame the Convocation cannot be done in person on a gorgeous sunny day like today.
Target, JO, Walgreens, CVS may have lines because they are restricting the numbers in the stores. However, according to my kids the lines move fast. And everyone in those lines wears a mask (required for public settings). The weather was also gorgeous last weekend (first weekend of June).
My oldest is starting to re-commute to work again via public transit and tells me that most of her rides on the bus are free for the time being. Boarding is via rear door in order to protect the drivers and most busses don’t have card-readers in that location. CTA might be looking at making some permanent changes to encourage a more constant volume of riders. Commuting time is usually packed and that obviously contributes to the spread of any infection. Right now, with ridership low, riding is a breeze either way, although the number of busses has also been cut back (for her specific route and I’m sure that’s temporary).
I’ve been taking the #55 to HP whenever I fly into Midway for the past year, now that my D lives near one of the stops. It’s way cheaper than Uber or rental and less hassle. Safety or unpleasantness has never been an issue. Google Maps gives me a fairly good ETA and once I’m at the stop I just text the # posted to find my bus if it’s not already there. At the Midway CTA transit area, the 55, 59 and 63 are usually pulled up already or just about to. Because I’m in Chicago a few times a year for various reasons, I have a Ventra card and just use the app. to load CTA fare, thus avoiding the machines. Your Ventra card also works for the Metra, but that fare has to be purchased separately (ie CTA fares don’t cross over). However, it can also be done on the app.
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2020/6/15/university-begins-revealing-plans-fall-quarter-ret/
There will be massive changes to campus as @JBStillFlying says. Now I know why there may be $200 million + deficit.
Reading that link, is very sad. Although extremely unlikely, I’d like to think the administration will consider tuition reduction for those unable to have the full on-campus experience.
I recently heard that Fall quarter may be brought forward to an August start; I wonder if that will actually materialize.