Here’s what you missed: record-breaking snowfall and sub-zero temperatures that shut down schools and businesses across St. Louis last week. The weather conditions were so bad that Wash U’s Danforth Campus closed last Monday – that’s only the second time in 25 years that campus has closed due to a winter storm.

The Simon Hall webcam captured the frigid landscape of Mudd Field looking north towards the Knight Center, Knight Hall and Bauer Hall.

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Welcome back to school and have a great semester!