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EPA Begins Testing ‘Owl Force One’ DIY Air Cleaner Made by Connecticut Public School Children

On July 26 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency scientists began testing the power of the low-cost DIY 'Corsi-Rosenthal' box air purifier against infectious aerosols, like the virus that causes COVID-19, at its EPA Homeland Security Division Laboratory’s high-tech, advanced biochamber.

The class of fifth graders from Commodore MacDonough STEM Academy in Middletown, Connecticut who excitedly built with UConn experts a "Corsi-Rosenthal" air purifier device to be tested by EPA scientists. It is decorated with rainbows and their school’s owl mascot.

UConn Road Trip to EPA Launches DIY Air Filter High-Tech Biochamber Testing

A letter from a Middletown fifth-grader to a UConn researcher started it all: Now, EPA scientists will test the power of the low-cost DIY 'Corsi-Rosenthal' box air purifier against infectious aerosols, like the virus that causes COVID-19. The device being tested on July 26 was made and decorated by the 9-year-old and her classmates

Lew Perkins celebrates the 2003 women's basketball national championship with Diana Taurasi and Geno Auriemma at Gampel Pavilion.

In Memoriam: Former Director of Athletics Lew Perkins

Perkins directed the athletics department to unprecedented success both academically and athletically as the school won six NCAA Division I Championships during his time at UConn

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm speaks at a press conference at the Center for Clean Energy Engineering

UConn Selected to Lead Clean-Energy Project to Help U.S. Industries in Decarbonizing Efforts

'Investments in net-zero-carbon technologies and industry decarbonization can strengthen U.S. and Connecticut manufacturing competitiveness, which then creates new jobs and economic opportunities that improve quality of life'

The official University of Connecticut seal, in painted gold on an oak panel.

UConn Response to Email Breach of July 5, 2023

ITS and UConn Police are investigating every aspect of the incident, including the identity of who may have been responsible

The oak leaf seal of the University of Connecticut.

A Message to the UConn Community on Today’s Supreme Court Decision

A Letter from President Maric on today's supreme court decision

The oak leaf seal of the University of Connecticut.

UConn Adopts Budgets for Fiscal Year 2024

As in previous years, UConn also is substantially boosting the amount of financial aid it will allocate to students

Students walking outside of Oak Hall.

UConn to Rename Oak Hall in Honor of President Emeritus Susan Herbst

Herbst presided over one of the most transformative periods in the history of the University

The UConn Waterbury campus.

UConn to Expand Waterbury Presence with Lease of Space in Building Adjacent to Campus

The plan is among many partnerships and collaborations that UConn Waterbury has built with the community