This is just a re-posting of a subject from maggiejean’s diary that didn’t get nearly enough exposure:(https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/26/2225970/-Overnight-News-Digest-Who-will-call-me-dad)$1bn donation means students at New York medical school will pay no tuitionThe Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx plans to be tuition-free for students, after a $1bn donation from former professor Dr Ruth Gottesman. The donation is among the largest to date for an educational institution in the US. Half of Einstein’s most recent class of students are New Yorkers, according to the medical school – 59% are women and the majority are people of color. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/26/tuition-free-medical-school-donation-ruth-gottesman-albert-einstein-new-yorkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeShoo7rC2Uhttps://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/#560c94c23d78
