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UConn’s Homemade Air Purifiers that Trap COVID-19, Make Cleaner Air Given to Classrooms

Posted on September 14, 2022January 18, 2023 by Creed, Marina

FARMINGTON, Conn. — A group of students from the University of Connecticut along with team members at UConn Health in Farmington built an air purifier out of furnace filters, a fan and tape.

It’s called the Corsi-Rosenthal box, and it traps the COVID-19 virus inside.

“It captures fine particular matter in the air about as fine as a commercial filter,” said Marina Creed, APRN of UConn Health’s MS Center.

It also captures dust, mold, pollen and, of course, viruses.

“We’ve found these are incredibly effective at lowering the levels of particles and these particles transmit infectious diseases like COVID and the flu in classrooms,” said Dr. Kristina Wagstrom from the UConn School of Engineering.

Clearing the Air: UConn School of Nursing donates air purifiers to Coventry schools

Posted on February 14, 2022February 3, 2023 by Creed, Marina

COVENTRY — Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, many schools with aging ventilation systems have struggled to remove virus-carrying particles from the air. The University of Connecticut School of Nursing has devised an innovative solution, however, that was being installed today in Coventry schools.

Some 150 do-it-yourself air purifiers, known as Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes, built by university students on the Storrs campus over the weekend, were donated to Coventry schools to help them properly ventilate indoor spaces. The purifiers are built from commonly found materials, such as a box fan, air filters, cardboard, and duct tape, said Mikala Kane, UConn School of Nursing spokeswoman.