Anne Arundel Student Jack Andraka is First Lady's Guest at State of the Union
The North County High School student from Crownsville has taken his talents from the classroom in Glen Burnie to the White House.
Anne Arundel County's own teen celebrity scientist, North County High School student Jack Andraka of Crownsville, will be one of the guests in the audience at President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday night. First lady Michelle Obama invited Andraka to the address as a representative for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, according to a statement from the White House press office. Andraka, 16, made a huge splash in 2012 with his invention of a paper-based sensor that can help more accurately and efficiently detect pancreatic cancer—a feat that won him first place in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, plus the attention of several patent-seeking companies. The video of Andraka…
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