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Martinson\u2019s case, he was impressed enough to say Barrett is \u201clike adding a ninth Ivy League school\u201d and to make a $2 million, five-year investment\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-09-28T13:50:45-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/28\/2026-1:50pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"A $2 million gift from John H. Martinson will create new opportunities for Barrett honors students. The investment will fund student awards, expand entrepreneurial and technology-focused thesis pathways and strengthen career preparation. 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Then a film by ASU Professor of Practice Peter Byck about soil health changed the way she thought about agriculture,\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-09-16T16:05:35-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/16\/2026-4:05pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU\u2019s first Wrigley Conversation brought environmental leaders and mother-daughter duo Laura Turner Seydel and Vasser Seydel to Tempe for an intergenerational conversation on regenerative agriculture, ocean protection, climate action and the power of storytelling to move people toward solutions.","teaser":"Laura Turner Seydel used to think cows were the problem.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-09\/20260915%20Wrigley%20Conversation%20355.jpg?itok=JqSa5G49","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260916-environment-and-sustainability-intergenerational-plan-planet-soil-sea","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Marshall Terrill","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-5176","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-09\/20260915%20Wrigley%20Conversation%20355.jpg?itok=JqSa5G49","image_alt":"People seated at the front of a large forum in front of a screen with an image of the planet Earth.","image_caption":"Environmentalist Laura Turner Seydel (center) speaks with Amanda Ellis (left), director at the Julie Ann Wrigley Futures Laboratory, and her daughter Vasser Seydel (right) at ASU\u0026#039;s first Wrigley Conversation on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the Walton Center for Planetary Health on the Tempe campus. 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Then a senior at Xavier College Preparatory, a private Catholic high school in Phoenix, she knew she wanted to be close to her family in Scottsdale and be surrounded\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-08-17T16:02:54-07:00\u0022\u003E08\/17\/2026-4:02pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"What do a Disney quality engineer, an Intel supply chain analyst and finance leader have in common? They all have the foundation of an ASU honors education behind them. 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