"Record $1 Billion Donation Makes Bronx Medical School Tuition-Free"

Ruth Gottesman, a former professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, has donated $1 billion to the school, making tuition free for all four-year students and benefiting others in the fall. This generous gift has brought relief and hope to students like Samuel Woo and Jade Andrade, who can now pursue their dreams of practicing medicine without the burden of student debt. The donation aims to open doors for low-income students from immigrant families and attract a diverse pool of applicants. Gottesman's donation is one of the largest to any U.S. medical school and is expected to last in perpetuity, providing opportunities for aspiring doctors in an impoverished area of New York City.