"Former Professor's $1 Billion Gift Makes NYC Medical School Tuition-Free"

Ruth Gottesman, a former professor and widow of a Wall Street investor, has donated $1 billion to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, making it tuition-free for all students. The gift aims to attract a diverse pool of applicants and alleviate the burden of medical school debt, which averages over $200,000 in the U.S. This donation is believed to be the largest made to any medical school in the country and follows a similar initiative by New York University School of Medicine in 2018.