CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The University of Chicago is moving classes online for the rest of the semester due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
The school announced Thursday that undergraduate and graduate classes will be remote beginning March 30 for the entire spring quarter.
“We will be acting collectively to prevent and slow the spread of the virus,” University President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Ka Yee C. Lee said in a message to faculty and students.
Loyola University also joined a growing list of Chicago schools canceling in-person classes, citing fears of a the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
Starting Friday, all face-to-face classes at Loyola are suspended through the end of the semester, the school wrote Thursday in a letter to students.
“Although currently there are no confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) at Loyola, we are hereby taking steps to reduce the spread of this virus,” the school said in the letter. “We do so while ensuring academic continuity for our students.”
Current online classes will continue, and suspended classes will move to online instruction by March 23, the school said.
Loyola is also moving all students from residential halls as soon as possible.
The University of Chicago and Loyola University joins a growing list of schools canceling in-person classes due to coronavirus. On Wednesday, the University of Illinois, Illinois State University, DePaul and Northwestern all announced plans to suspend in-person classes.