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This weekend sixty-five high school and undergraduate students from across the country will converge on Austin for the chance to develop a mobile app

FIRST - For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology

Aaron Curry, 17, from McKinley Tech High School, puts lubrication on a set of cogs as school kids get a jump-start on their robot projects at the start of the FIRST - For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology - Robotics Competition build season at McKinley Technology High School on January 9, 2010, in Washington, DC. The Washington Post / Washington Post/Getty Images

March 12, 2016, 8:14 AM UTC / Updated March 12, 2016, 8:14 AM UTC

By Mashaun D. Simon

This weekend sixty-five high school and undergraduate students from across the country will converge on Austin, Texas for the chance to develop a mobile app.

The second annual

Autumn Cavinesss is the interim director of the W.E.B. DuBois Honors program at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin.

Mashaun D. Simon