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Flossie Wong-Staal is a leader in AIDS research. She helped to discover the virus that causes AIDS and a related virus that causes cancer in addition to the first mapping of HIV's genes. - 3/9/10

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Be sure to follow our team March 11 - 13, 2010 on twitter and this website as we travel to the Milwaukee, WI for the WI Regional competition!

Herobotics is a team of students at Patrick Henry High School (Minneapolis, MN), dedicated to the design and engineering of robotics. Our team began its roots back in 2004 as a Battle-Bots team which was a competition in which we constructed robots to fight other robots. In 2007 we made a transition to FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics. That year we competed at the Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional where we made it to the quarter finals and won the Chrysler Team Spirit Award.

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18th Annual African Americans in Science Celebration at the Science Museum of Minnesota

Team members presented FIRST Robotics to a great number of experienced and skilled engineers and scientists from companies such as Ecolab, 3M, and The University of Minnesota’s IT department.

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PATRICK HENRY HIGH SCHOOL (PHHS)

Patrick Henry High School is located in the Northern side of Minneapolis, MN. PHHS has a lot of opportunities for students to become successful and reach their goals in life. PHHS also provides programs such as International Baccalaureate (IB), Engineering, Open, and Commercial and Fine Arts; you can also earn college credits for your program of choice. PHHS has a diverse population of students with unique traditions and beliefs who help, teach, and learn together. PHHS is one of the few schools that offer an Engineering program in the Minneapolis school district. PHHS provides opportunities for students to get ready to face any challenges that they have or will have in the future and to act responsibly, and contribute to a changing society. Lastly, PHHS provides an environment where all students can be an achiever and overcome any of life's challenges.

WHAT IS HEROBOTICS?

Herobotics is more than just building a robot. It is about communication, friendship, leadership, self-confidence, and teamwork. In Herobotics we believe it is important to spread the message of FIRST at a young age and to inspire young people to be more involved in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) . We also believe it is important to inspire young people to pursue careers in STEM and become innovators. Most importantly we inspire young people to be a heroic, so "Together we WILL build a new heroic future!”

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