Students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine erupted in cheers and tears on Monday as Dr Ruth Gottesman, a former professor, announced the school would be tuition-free because of her $1bn donation. The college is in the Bronx, New York City’s poorest borough. Tuition at the school is nearly […]
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The widow of a prominent Wall Street investor has donated $1 billion to a Bronx medical school for tuition for all future students. The gift from Ruth Gottesman, 93, is the largest-ever to a US medical university, and comes from the fortune left behind by her late husband, David ‘Sandy’ Gottesman. […]
A workaround to a glitch in the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) reportedly allows Texas students with immigrant, non-citizen parents to apply for financial assistance to colleges before the March deadline. Parents without a Social Security number have not been able to add their financial information and complete the FAFSA […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida’s controversial surgeon general is drawing criticism for his handling of an elementary school’s measles outbreak, telling parents of unvaccinated children it is their choice whether their students attend class — a contravention of federal guidelines calling for their mandatory exclusion. Dr. Joseph Ladapo, nationally known […]
A school in France is reportedly under lockdown after an urgent alert was triggered. Footage on social media shows emergency services rushing to the scene to tackle a reported intruder alert. According to local media l’Observateur, pupils and parents were alerted to “the intrusion of a person armed with a […]
âYou tell me, are you finding it difficult to understand my English?â says Muhammad Ali. Muhammad was in the UK to study between the ages of 18 and 26 but had his visa cancelled in 2014 when the Home Office accused him of cheating on an English language exam. He […]
RICHMOND, Va. — The ACLU of Virginia filed two lawsuits against the state Department of Education on Thursday, asking the courts to throw out Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkinâs policies on the treatment of transgender students and rule that school districts are not required to follow them. Youngkin’s policies roll back […]
SEOUL, South Korea — Hundreds of South Korean doctors rallied in the capital, Seoul, and other cities on Thursday against a government plan to boost the number of medical students. Doctors’ groups say increasing the number of medical students by 2,000 starting in 2025 is too steep. They want officials […]