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MHS Student Inducted into Black Inventors Hall of Fame for Outstanding Innovation

Posted Date: 08/12/26 (01:45 PM)
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Rising Middletown High School sophomore student Eniola Shokunbi has been recognized on a national level by the Black Inventors Hall of Fame, receiving the inaugural Young Innovator Award for her ongoing efforts towards cleaner air quality and advanced air filtration in school classrooms.


Eniola was honored at the organization’s fundraising gala and Induction Ceremony event on July 16, which was held at the Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago. This was the organization’s second induction ceremony, and the first time the Young Innovator Award has been bestowed to a recipient.


During her time in Middletown Public Schools, Eniola has been an advocate for cleaner air for all students, not just in Middletown, but throughout the state and the country. The “Corsi-Rosenthal box” was created by Eniola and her classmates at Macdonough Elementary School several years ago as an advanced, inexpensive, do-it-yourself air filtration system to use indoors to effectively remove airborne viruses from a space, thereby making for cleaner, healthier air to breathe for all. This system has been the subject of numerous successful studies by state and federal health researchers.

Eniola was among eight inductees into this year’s class of the Black Inventors Hall of Fame. There were eight inductees into the Hall of Fame’s Historical Legacy wing as well.

“Eniola Shokunbi is a groundbreaking young innovator whose advanced air filtration system addresses environmental health and clean‐air access with remarkable scientific maturity,” wrote the Black Inventors Hall of Fame, on their web page. “Her novel innovation, national recognition, and commitment to community impact exemplify the future of STEM leadership. Her brilliance and transformative potential make her a deserving inductee into the Black Inventors Hall of Fame.”

The Black Inventors Hall of Fame presented the following video at the induction ceremony in recognition of Eniola, and can be viewed at the following link.

You can learn more about this year's class of the Black Inventors Hall of Fame, and see more from the induction ceremony, on the organization's website.