2024 Total Solar Eclipse

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the total solar eclipse.

Eclipse News

Lisa Kaltenegger

Eclipse Keynote - Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger

Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger is an award-winning astrophysicist and astrobiologist, Founding Director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell, Professor in Astronomy, and a pioneer and world-leading expert in modeling habitable worlds and their light fingerprint. Her talk focused on exoplanet discovery!

UVM's Eclipse Day Events

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  • Eclipse Day Scavenger Hunt

    9am-12 noon @ hidden locations across campus

  • Student Art Exhibition

    10am-2pm @ Williams Hall lobby

  • Quiet Activity Space

    10am-2pm @ Discovery & Innovation Lobby Areas

  • Exploring Animal Biodiversity Through Sound - Dr. Laura J May-Collado

    10-10:45am @ Davis Center Grand Maple Ballroom

  • Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Eclipses - Dr. Luis Vivanco

    11-11:45am @ Davis Center Grand Maple Ballroom

  • The School of the Arts Celebrates the Eclipse with Performances
    Located on the Royall Tyler Theater Portico / front steps

    11:30-11:45am - A Capella ensemble, Viridescent
    11:45-12:00pm - Play on themes of light and dark
    12:00-12:20pm - UVM Vocal Jazz Ensemble
    12:20-12:35pm - Play on eclipse themes
    12:35-1:00pm - Music Ensemble and Dance Students, audience participation encouraged!

  • Enabling Technologies for Deep Space University CubeSats - Dr. Carl Brandon

    12-12:45pm @ Davis Center Grand Maple Ballroom

  • Keynote Address - "Today's Solar Eclipse and the Secrets Eclipses Tell about New Worlds on our Cosmic Horizon," with Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger, Director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University

    1-2pm @ Davis Center Grand Maple Ballroom

  • Eclipse Afterparty

    5:30-9pm @ Brennan's Pub

Fun Facts about the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse

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  1. Vermont saw an estimated 60,000 additional cars over eclipse weekend, bringing roughly 160,000 visitors. That's 26% of Vermont's total population!
  2. The Northeast Kingdom not only had the best, least cloud-obstructed views of the eclipse in the state; it had some of the best views in the entire country.
    1. Thousands of people, included news reporters and NASA researchers, changed their travel plans last minute to make it to Vermont's clear skies.
  3. This was be the most-watched natural phenomenon in history since the homes of 31.5 million Americans sat in its path. The 2017 eclipse only crossed 12.25 million homes.
  4. Vermont's last total solar eclipse was in 1932, and our next one isn't for over 50 years.
  5. Eclipse partners from across the state of Vermont donated tens of thousands of eclipse glasses to Astronomers Without Borders for future eclipses; all of UVM's disposed glasses were donated!

Check out all sorts of news, information, and highlights of Vermont's eclipse experience on Vermont Public.