March 10, 2021
Beginning in March 2020, the DePaul community experienced a year like no other. As coronavirus, pandemic and COVID-19 became part of our daily conversations, disruption became the norm. Throughout the year, University Marketing and Communications captured moments on campus as DePaul transitioned to and continued to learn, teach and work remotely.
A quiet Wabash and Jackson Blvd. intersection during the height of evening rush hour during the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. (DePaul University/Randall Spriggs)
The Student Resource Center in the DePaul Center which usually bustles with the presence of students, faculty and staff, stands still during the COVID-19 pandemic. (DePaul University/Randall Spriggs)
During finals week of the winter 2020, DePaul instituted practices of social distancing, remote classes and teleworking for most faculty, staff and students. (DePaul University/Randall Spriggs)
In summer 2020, the Egan statue outside the Lincoln Park Student Center was decorated with a face mask. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)
Danny Cruz, a custodian in Facility Operations, disinfects the ramp railing inside “The Pit” in the Schmitt Academic Center during the COVID-19 pandemic. (DePaul University/Randall Spriggs)
As many campus buildings remain closed temporarily, the DePaul Student Center offers a variety of services such as ID services and COVID-19 testing. To enter the building, students, faculty and staff must display their #CampusClear app with a “Good to Go" designation. (DePaul University/Randall Spriggs)
Richard Farkas, a professor in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, teaches a class in Arts and Letters Hall on the Lincoln Park Campus duing fall 2020. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)
Masked and socially-distanced students attend class in Arts and Letters Hall on the Lincoln Park Campus in fall 2020. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)
Susana Gonzalez, an adjunct faculty member in the College Science and Health, teaches the class “Introduction to the Art and Science of Nursing." (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)
DePaul students Elena Milam and Noah Kolar walk their dog in the Lincoln Park Campus in January 2021. (DePaul University/Randall Spriggs)
A student uses a hand sanitizer station in the Lincoln Park Student Center. (DePaul University/Randall Spriggs)
Kiosks used to order food are located in the Lincoln Park Student Center. (DePaul University/Randall Spriggs)
DePaul student Egerton Abulu walks in the Lincoln Park Quad. (DePaul University/Randall Spriggs)
DePaul journalism student Emma Oxnevad asks Illinois Governor JB Pritzker a question in the press room of the Thompson Center in February 2021. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)
COVID-19 vaccines ready to be administered at the Chicago Department of Public Health point of distribution at Richard J. Daley College. (DePaul University/Randall Spriggs)
Alyssa Kondratiuk, a nursing student at DePaul, administers a COVID-19 vaccine in February at a Chicago Department of Public Health point of distribution on the Richard J. Daley College Campus. (DePaul University/Randall Spriggs)