Arizona State University has announced a $25 million gift from investor and conservationist Julie Ann Wrigley in support of research at its Global Institute of Sustainability.

The gift will support research that explores the ways in which human activity is affecting the Earth's capacity to sustain human, animal and plant life. In recognition of the gift, ASU has renamed the institute the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability.

Wrigley, the CEO of Wrigley Investments LLC, has served on the boards of the World Wildlife Fund, Keep America Beautiful, the Nature Conservancy, and the Peregrine Fund. To date, she has committed $50 million in support of sustainability studies at ASU.

"ASU and Julie Wrigley have been dedicated partners in building the nation’s most comprehensive program in sustainability teaching, learning, and discovery, and we could not have done it without her generous investment and leadership," said ASU president Michael M. Crow. "She recognized and trusted that our university is one of the rare places that can tackle issues of sustainability across disciplines and find real-world solutions. Julie shares our commitment to making the world a better place for future generations and, through her partnership with us, is helping to invent that future."