Students gather to witness solar eclipse
![Students look up toward the sky wearing protective glasses](https://www.brandeis.edu/stories/2024/april/images/eclipse/eclipse-hero.jpg)
By Dan Holmes and Gaelen Morse
April 9, 2024
On Monday, April 8, students gathered to catch a glimpse of the total solar eclipse. With their protective eyewear on, hundreds enjoyed this rare event right from the Brandeis campus.
![Person wearing eclipse glasses looks toward the sky](https://www.brandeis.edu/stories/2024/april/images/eclipse/eclipse-540a2623.jpg)
![Three people wearing protective glasses on the Brandeis campus](https://www.brandeis.edu/stories/2024/april/images/eclipse/eclipse-540a2537.jpg)
![Group of students seated next to the Brandeis statue](https://www.brandeis.edu/stories/2024/april/images/eclipse/eclipse-540a2564.jpg)
![Students seated on the grass look up toward the sky wearing eclipse glasses](https://www.brandeis.edu/stories/2024/april/images/eclipse/eclipse-46a2733.jpg)
![Person with a box on their head, text reads "‘eclipse viewing machine’ on the side"](https://www.brandeis.edu/stories/2024/april/images/eclipse/1h7a1880.jpg)
![Aerial shot of Fellows Garden filled with students](https://www.brandeis.edu/stories/2024/april/images/eclipse/eclipse-fly.jpg)