From left to right, Claire Dillard of Hoover, Alabama, and Ella Hahs and Elise Edwards, both of of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, sport safety glasses during the 2024 Great American Solar Eclipse viewing at Bost Theater Monday [April 8]. Kicking off Research Week, the event welcomed the community to observe the cosmic phenomenon and was sponsored by MSU's Office of Research and Economic Development, College of Arts and Sciences and Department of Physics and Astronomy.