The lineup for the University of Toronto’s 2024 Alumni Reunion has been revealed—and it includes a couple of compelling Daniels events.

On Friday, May 31, the Faculty will host “Constructing Health: How the Built Environment Enhances Your Mind’s Health,” a lecture and book talk by alumnus Tye Farrow, whose new volume of the same name will be published next month by University of Toronto Press.

A globally recognized expert in how the intentional shaping of our environment can support our physical and neurological well-being, Farrow acquired his Bachelor of Architecture degree at U of T in 1987 and was the first Canadian architect to earn a Master of Neuroscience Applied to Architecture, from Harvard University.

He is a currently a senior partner at Toronto-based Farrow Partners Inc., a full-service architecture and master planning firm known internationally for “creating architecture that lifts the human spirit.”

Among the firm’s projects is the SZMC Helmsley Cancer Center in Jerusalem, Israel’s flagship facility for cancer treatment. Realized in partnership with Rubinstein Ofer, the 7,500-square-metre complex (pictured above and on the cover of Farrow’s new book) provides physical, psychological, social and spiritual care services in addition to patient assessment and treatment.

Farrow’s lecture, which will explore how recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and neuroscience can help form “health-giving person-to-place relationships that are similar to healthy and meaningful person-to-person relationships,” will take place from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the Main Hall of the Daniels Building at 1 Spadina Crescent. To register for this free event, click here.

Copies of Farrow’s book will be available for purchase at the University of Toronto Bookstore on the St. George Campus, at 214 College Street.

Also on May 31, Forestry will host a Campus Tree Walk starting at the Earth Sciences Centre.

Beginning at noon, the two-hour guided walk will cover much of the St. George Campus, with forestry professionals discussing different tree species and vegetation along the way.

Participants will meet at the corner of Huron and Willcocks Streets before setting out and should note that “lots of walking will be required.” To register for this free guided tour, click here.

Taking place over five days from May 29 to June 2, Alumni Reunion is the University’s biggest alumni event of the year, featuring lectures, ceremonies, outdoor fests, family activities and more across all three campuses.

For the full roster of 2024 Alumni Reunion events, click here.