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)](https://today.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ice190122b061-150x150.jpg)
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)](https://today.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ice190122b001-150x150.jpg)
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)](https://today.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ice190122b097-150x150.jpg)
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)](https://today.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ice190122b047-150x150.jpg)
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)](https://today.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ice190122a019-150x150.jpg)
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)](https://today.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ice190122a048-150x150.jpg)
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)](https://today.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ice190122a027-150x150.jpg)
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)](https://today.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ice-crop190122b131-150x150.jpg)
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)