She completed high school in three years and spent her senior year as an intern at the National Cancer Institute studying lymphoma in AIDS patients and cancer cell initiation, publishing two articles while working there. A dramatic soprano, Ms. Rushing started studying voice in the eighth grade. At 16, she was the youngest member of the Maryland Lyric Opera and has toured extensively in Europe and the United States. Although she had an opportunity to attend the Juilliard School in New York, Ms. Rushing came to MIT, where she is active in the Vocal Music Scholars program. She will give a recital in Killian Hall on Saturday, May 22 at 6pm.
Admission is free.