Students in Storrs made their way to their first classes of the spring semester across a campus encased in ice, after snow and freezing rain hit the state over the weekend, followed by plummeting temperatures on Monday.

Students pause to catch up with each other on the first day of classes. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
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Students pause to catch up with each other on the first day of classes. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Time to bundle up, with temperatures in the single digits despite the sunshine. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
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Time to bundle up, with temperatures in the single digits despite the sunshine. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Friendship and hot coffee help keep out the cold for these students, pictured outside the Student Union. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
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Friendship and hot coffee help keep out the cold for these students, pictured outside the Student Union. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Students make their way to class outside the School of Nursing's Widmer Wing. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
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Students make their way to class outside the School of Nursing's Widmer Wing. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

A student walks around the frozen Swan Lake near the Chemistry Building. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
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A student walks around the frozen Swan Lake near the Chemistry Building. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

The landscape was all a-glitter, illuminated by the sunlight. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
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The landscape was all a-glitter, illuminated by the sunlight. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

The iconic Wilbur Cross Building in a frozen landscape. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
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The iconic Wilbur Cross Building in a frozen landscape. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Trees and other landscaping elements glittered with a coating of ice. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)Nature took on new forms, encased in ice. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
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Nature took on new forms, encased in ice. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)