Weill Cornell Scholarships to Provide Debt-Free Medical School

New program at Weill Cornell targets issue of crushing debt
‘This takes this burden and stress away from our students’

Students react with surprise at the Weill Cornell's medical school announcement in New York on Sept. 16.Photographer: Hilary Swift/NYT via Redux

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By Janet Lorin and Paris Wald

September 16, 2019 at 1:30 PM UTC

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Former Wall Street titans Sanford Weill and Maurice “Hank” Greenberg are spearheading a $160 million scholarship program to provide medical students a debt-free education.

Weill Cornell Medicine announced the package of gifts establishing the program Monday, saying the scholarships will eliminate medical-education debt for students qualifying for financial aid -- half the current student body.

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