IU Indianapolis started off the new year with a snowstorm. According to the National Weather Service, downtown Indianapolis recorded 7.8 inches of snow during the winter storm Jan. 5 and 6.
IU photographer Liz Kaye captured the winter scenes across campus.
First snow of 2025
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First snow of 2025
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<picture class="lw_image"> <source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/500/20618_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_075.rev.1736347255.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/500/20618_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_075.rev.1736347255.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/500/20618_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_075.rev.1736347255.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/500/20618_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_075.rev.1736347255.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 800px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/800/20618_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_075.rev.1736347255.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/800/20618_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_075.rev.1736347255.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 800px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/800/20618_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_075.rev.1736347255.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/800/20618_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_075.rev.1736347255.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(min-width: 801px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/1000/20618_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_075.rev.1736347255.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/1000/20618_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_075.rev.1736347255.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(min-width: 801px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/1000/20618_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_075.rev.1736347255.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/1000/20618_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_075.rev.1736347255.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/25/width/1000/20618_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_075.rev.1736347255.jpg" width="1000" height="667" alt="The first winter storm of 2025 blanketed the IU Indianapolis campus with snow. Photo by Liz Kaye, Indiana University" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/1000/20618_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_075.rev.1736347255.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/1000/20618_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_075.rev.1736347255.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2135" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
<picture class="lw_image"> <source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/500/20615_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_066.rev.1736347254.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/500/20615_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_066.rev.1736347254.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/500/20615_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_066.rev.1736347254.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/500/20615_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_066.rev.1736347254.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 800px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/800/20615_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_066.rev.1736347254.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/800/20615_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_066.rev.1736347254.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 800px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/800/20615_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_066.rev.1736347254.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/800/20615_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_066.rev.1736347254.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(min-width: 801px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/1000/20615_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_066.rev.1736347254.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/1000/20615_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_066.rev.1736347254.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(min-width: 801px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/1000/20615_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_066.rev.1736347254.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/1000/20615_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_066.rev.1736347254.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/25/width/1000/20615_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_066.rev.1736347254.jpg" width="1000" height="667" alt="Campus plows cleared the sidewalks after the heavy snowfall. Photo by Liz Kaye, Indiana University" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/1000/20615_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_066.rev.1736347254.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/1000/20615_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_066.rev.1736347254.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2134" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
<picture class="lw_image"> <source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/500/20619_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_164.rev.1736347256.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/500/20619_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_164.rev.1736347256.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/500/20619_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_164.rev.1736347256.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/500/20619_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_164.rev.1736347256.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 800px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/800/20619_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_164.rev.1736347256.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/800/20619_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_164.rev.1736347256.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 800px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/800/20619_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_164.rev.1736347256.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/800/20619_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_164.rev.1736347256.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(min-width: 801px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/1000/20619_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_164.rev.1736347256.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/1000/20619_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_164.rev.1736347256.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(min-width: 801px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/1000/20619_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_164.rev.1736347256.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/1000/20619_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_164.rev.1736347256.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/25/width/1000/20619_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_164.rev.1736347256.jpg" width="1000" height="667" alt="The first winter storm of 2025 blanketed the IU Indianapolis campus with snow. Photo by Liz Kaye, Indiana University" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/1000/20619_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_164.rev.1736347256.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/1000/20619_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_164.rev.1736347256.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2134" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
<picture class="lw_image"> <source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/500/20614_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_073.rev.1736347253.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/500/20614_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_073.rev.1736347253.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/500/20614_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_073.rev.1736347253.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/500/20614_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_073.rev.1736347253.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 800px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/800/20614_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_073.rev.1736347253.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/800/20614_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_073.rev.1736347253.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 800px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/800/20614_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_073.rev.1736347253.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/800/20614_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_073.rev.1736347253.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(min-width: 801px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/1000/20614_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_073.rev.1736347253.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/1000/20614_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_073.rev.1736347253.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(min-width: 801px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/1000/20614_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_073.rev.1736347253.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/1000/20614_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_073.rev.1736347253.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/25/width/1000/20614_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_073.rev.1736347253.jpg" width="1000" height="667" alt="Piles of snow line the streets after plows cleared a path. Photo by Liz Kaye, Indiana University" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/1000/20614_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_073.rev.1736347253.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/1000/20614_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_073.rev.1736347253.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2134" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
<picture class="lw_image"> <source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/500/20612_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_135.rev.1736347252.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/500/20612_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_135.rev.1736347252.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/500/20612_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_135.rev.1736347252.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/500/20612_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_135.rev.1736347252.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 800px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/800/20612_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_135.rev.1736347252.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/800/20612_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_135.rev.1736347252.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 800px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/800/20612_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_135.rev.1736347252.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/800/20612_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_135.rev.1736347252.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(min-width: 801px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/1000/20612_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_135.rev.1736347252.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/1000/20612_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_135.rev.1736347252.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(min-width: 801px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/1000/20612_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_135.rev.1736347252.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/1000/20612_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_135.rev.1736347252.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/25/width/1000/20612_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_135.rev.1736347252.jpg" width="1000" height="667" alt="The first snowfall of 2025 covers IU Indianapolis' Wood Fountain. Photo by Liz Kaye, Indiana University" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/1000/20612_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_135.rev.1736347252.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/1000/20612_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_135.rev.1736347252.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2134" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
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<picture class="lw_image"> <source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/500/20613_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_099.rev.1736347253.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/500/20613_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_099.rev.1736347253.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/500/20613_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_099.rev.1736347253.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/500/20613_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_099.rev.1736347253.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 800px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/800/20613_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_099.rev.1736347253.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/800/20613_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_099.rev.1736347253.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 800px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/800/20613_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_099.rev.1736347253.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/800/20613_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_099.rev.1736347253.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(min-width: 801px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/1000/20613_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_099.rev.1736347253.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/1000/20613_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_099.rev.1736347253.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(min-width: 801px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/1000/20613_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_099.rev.1736347253.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/1000/20613_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_099.rev.1736347253.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/25/width/1000/20613_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_099.rev.1736347253.jpg" width="1000" height="667" alt="Icicles hang from the Campus Center after the snowstorm. Photo by Liz Kaye, Indiana University" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/25/width/1000/20613_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_099.rev.1736347253.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/25/width/1000/20613_20250106_Campus_Scenic_Snow_LK_099.rev.1736347253.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2134" data-optimized="true"/></picture>