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11-Year-Old Innovator Writes To Nigerian Authorities For Invitation To Present Air Filter Project That Secured $11.5 Million Approval In Connecticut

Eleven-year-old Nigerian-American Eniola Shokunbi has written to Nigerian authorities, requesting an invitation and security support to discuss how do-it-yourself (DIY) box fan filters — known as Corsi-Rosenthal boxes — could benefit Nigerian schools…

ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW: AMERICA’S Youngest Scientist, an 11-year-old Nigerian ENIOLA SHOKUNBI, Manufactures Corsi-Rosenthal Air Filter Machine that cures COVID-19,

….’As an American with Nigerian descent, I believe Nigerians and Africans can benefit by being encouraged and motivated when they hear my story’…

Eniola’s Fight for Fresh Air

A Connecticut student works to improve school air quality.

Breathing is a key process that happens automatically in our bodies. We often don’t think about the act of breathing or pay attention to the quality of the air we breathe….

Elementary students work with UConn and EPA to test DYI air filter

A class from the Commodore MacDonough STEM Academy in Middletown recently packed up a pair of DIY air filters they built with scientists from the University of Connecticut Indoor Air Quality Initiative for a road trip to North Carolina, where they’ll be tested in a high-tech government facility…

CT elementary students' DIY air filter rated just as good as many commercial options, EPA says

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced the results of a study prompted by an elementary school class project in Middletown where students built a homemade air purifier for their classroom. After weeks of tests in a state-of-the-art biochamber, the EPA has a verdict…