Stony Brook University has announced a $1 million gift from the Gray Foundation in support of scholarships for New York City public school students.

The Gray Foundation, which is committed to empowering New York City youth and advancing BRCA science, has awarded 10 Stony Brook University undergraduate students scholarships that will provide gap-closing funds allowing them to live on campus and graduate debt-free.

In their quest to transform cancer care, two researchers in the Harvard Medical School Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology (LSP) are leading a pair of projects that offer hope to individuals with BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations.

TAU President Prof. Ariel Porat and dean of the Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences Prof. Karen Avraham explain the importance of the historic $125 million donation gifted by Jon and Mindy Gray

The donation from Jon and Mindy Gray is aimed at addressing Israel’s physician shortage and at helping underserved students become doctors.

The Blackstone President talks philanthropy, politics, and why he and his wife Mindy chose to support Israeli medical education after October 7.