Students gathered their belongings as local universities transitioned to online courses and area businesses began announcing closures due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
As of Mar. 16, city officials asked restaurants to close at 9 p.m. and bars to shut down at midnight to encourage social distancing measures.
Mary Grace Clark, a junior Loyola student from Boston, loads her belongings into the truck of friend Jacob Scott as she moves out of her dorm room amid the Covid19 pandemic on Friday, March 13, 2020.
Loyola students and their parents pack up and transport belongings as they vacate the dorms amid the Covid19 pandemic which has caused the university to continue the semester online. Photographed on Friday, March 13, 2020.
A sign in the window at the Aquarium of the Americas announces that the attractions of the Audubon Nature Institute will be closed through at least March 28th. Photographed on Sunday, March 15, 2020.
A sign in the window at Acropolis on Freret seeks to reassure diners that the restaurant is being cleaned thoroughly. Photographed on Sunday, March 15, 2020.
The Rouse’s on Carrollton Avenue restocks staples as shoppers stock up on food amid the Covid19 pandemic. Photographed on Saturday, March 14, 2020.
While there was plenty of food available, the toilet paper aisle was depleted at The Rouse’s on Carrollton Avenue amid the Covid19 pandemic. Photographed on Saturday, March 14, 2020.
Tulane senior Shannon Walsh poses in her graduation gown in front of the university as her friend Emily Nestell photographs her as a present. Walsh is staying in town but is not confident she will have a graduation to attend while Nestell is returning home to Washington, DC for the remainder of the semester amid the Covid19 pandemic. Photographed on Friday, March 13, 2020.
Tulane senior Shannon Walsh poses in her graduation gown in front of the university as her friend Emily Nestell photographs her as a present. Walsh is staying in town but is not confident she will have a graduation to attend while Nestell is returning home to Washington, DC for the remainder of the semester amid the Covid19 pandemic. Photographed on Friday, March 13, 2020.
Tulane students vacate the dorms amid the Covid19 pandemic which has caused the university to continue the semester online. Photographed on Friday, March 13, 2020.
Tulane students throw trash into a dumpster and vacate the dorms amid the Covid19 pandemic which has caused the university to continue the semester online. Photographed on Friday, March 13, 2020.
Tulane students vacate the dorms amid the Covid19 pandemic which has caused the university to continue the semester online. Photographed on Friday, March 13, 2020.
Tulane students vacate the dorms amid the Covid19 pandemic which has caused the university to continue the semester online. Photographed on Friday, March 13, 2020.
A woman in a surgical mask walks down Willow Street near Tulane University on Friday, March 13, 2020.
Tulane senior Shannon Walsh poses in her graduation gown in front of the university as her friend Emily Nestell photographs her as a present. Walsh is staying in town but is not confident she will have a graduation to attend while Nestell is returning home to Washington, DC for the remainder of the semester amid the Covid19 pandemic. Photographed on Friday, March 13, 2020.
The dumpsters overflow outside a dorm as Tulane students move out amid the Covid19 pandemic which has caused the university to continue the semester online. Photographed on Saturday, March 14, 2020.
The dumpsters overflow outside a dorm as Tulane students move out amid the Covid19 pandemic which has caused the university to continue the semester online. Photographed on Saturday, March 14, 2020.
Tulane students tmove out of the dorms amid the Covid19 pandemic which has caused the university to continue the semester online. Photographed on Saturday, March 14, 2020.
Tulane students tmove out of the dorms amid the Covid19 pandemic which has caused the university to continue the semester online. Photographed on Saturday, March 14, 2020.
Inside the Center for Teaching Innovation at the University of New Orleans, Allyson Alexander answers questions from faculty and students on how to teach and take classes on-line as UNO declared Thursday a course continuity readiness drill where all physical classes were canceled in advance of Monday’s shift to complete on-line instruction in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Photographed on Thursday, March 12, 2020.
Associate English Professor Dr. Leslie White teaches on-line from his office on campus as UNO declared Thursday a course continuity readiness drill where all physical classes were canceled in advance of Monday’s shift to complete on-line instruction in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Photographed on Thursday, March 12, 2020.
Fliers for the University of New Orleans’ study abroad program in France are taken down in a university stairwell on the day the program was canceled. Photographed on Thursday, March 12, 2020.
A classroom in the Liberal Arts building sits empty as UNO declared Thursday a course continuity readiness drill where all physical classes were canceled in advance of Monday’s shift to complete on-line instruction in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Photographed on Thursday, March 12, 2020.
Inside the Center for Teaching Innovation at the University of New Orleans, Ka’Cell El-Mansura answers questions from faculty and students on how to teach and take classes on-line as UNO declared Thursday a course continuity readiness drill where all physical classes were canceled in advance of Monday’s shift to complete on-line instruction in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Photographed on Thursday, March 12, 2020.
A sign in the library window shows a cancellation as UNO declared Thursday a course continuity readiness drill where all physical classes were canceled in advance of Monday’s shift to complete on-line instruction in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Photographed on Thursday, March 12, 2020.