<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/stories/2026/march/03232026-com-diehl-gift.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><homepage/><pubDate>03/23/2026 10:31:40 AM</pubDate><title>Diehl Family Establishes $2.1 Million Gift for Scholarships at UH’s Fertitta College of Medicine</title><subtitle>Planned estate gift will expand access to medical education and support future physicians</subtitle><description>The University of Houston’s Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine has received a planned estate gift commitment estimated at $2.1 million to establish a scholarship endowment, expanding access to medical education and strengthening the pipeline of physicians who will serve communities across Texas and beyond.</description><author>Bryan Luhn</author><author-email>jbluhn@central.uh.edu</author-email><author-phone/><image><img src="/news-events/stories/2026/march/_images/com_diehl_gift_spiff.jpg" alt="College of Medicine students looking at a skeleton in class."/></image><categories>Health and Medicine</categories><newsrooms/><newsroom-tags/></item>