In recognition of Mindy and Jon Gray's philanthropy, Penn will annually select an outstanding cohort of 10 students from New York City accepted to any of Penn's four undergraduate schools who qualify for the highest level of financial aid and for the benefits available through the Penn First Plus program. These students will receive grants

Mindy and Jon Gray are giving the University $10 million to support 10 students from New York City annually. The gift will also provide funding for Penn First Plus, which seeks to give the full college experience to low-income and first-generation students.

After a public preventative double mastectomy earlier this year, ELLE's own Editor-in-Chief Nina Garcia accepted an honor, not for myself, but for all of the women who are not as fortunate as I am, the women who didn't have access to genetic counseling, insurance, or a support system

The Basser Jean Bash raised more than $8.5 million for BRCA research. Jon and Mindy Gray founded the Basser Center for BRCA at the University of Pennsylvania seven years ago to focus on the gene mutations that increase risk for breast, ovarian and other BRCA-related cancers.

An event in Lower Manhattan Monday night raised more than $8.5 million for research on BRCA-related cancers. Eyewitness News reporter and cancer survivor Stacey Sager proudly took part in the Basser Jean Bash at Cipriani Wall Street.

Twenty-five years after the discovery of genetic mutations that dramatically increase cancer risk, Penn Medicine's Basser Center for BRCA is building scientific knowledge alongside public awareness about BRCA-related cancers.