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Ming Hsuan Chiang, a graduate student in RIT’s industrial design program, has built an 18-foot long rotatable seesaw for his thesis project. Chiang has been working for the past two months with Dean Shorey, an engineer at Seabreeze Amusement Park, to construct it.

Xanthe Matychak, Andrea Handy and Michelle Harris will be bringing their project, “River Memoir,” to the Maker Faire in New York City on Sept. 25. The three are knitting a long blue scarf that symbolizes a river. Visitors to their exhibit will be able to weave their own personal six-word memoirs into the river.

Approximately 60 students returning from summer co-ops celebrated the new school year during a pizza luncheon on Sept. 15. The event, sponsored by RIT Cooperative Education and Career Services, gave students the opportunity to exchange details on their experiences and to discuss the potential impact on their career plans.

Renowned designers Lella and Massimo Vignelli gave informal tours of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies to RIT students and visitors on Sept. 17. The 19,000-square-foot facility is comprised of galleries, classrooms, offices and archival space. The Vignellis donated to the university their archive, which includes an extensive collection of original source materials and many examples of their finished work.

The grand opening for the new Vignelli Center for Design Studies on the RIT campus is Sept. 16. Massimo and Lella Vignelli have donated their entire archive to RIT. Select pieces from their collection, including furniture and graphic designs, will be showcased in the gallery spaces at the center. The couple will be in attendance at the dedication ceremony.

RIT officially unveiled the Vignelli Center for Design Studies during a dedication ceremony Sept. 16. The facility is named in honor of renowned designers Massimo and Lella Vignelli. The couple, right, was on hand for the dedication. The Vignellis donated their entire archive to the university which will be accessible by students, professional designers and scholars. In addition to the archive, the center will serve as an international hub for design education, scholarship and research.

The Pittsford Fire Department Band includes two members from the College of Science. Heidi Miller, professor and director of the physician assistant program, and Bob Kremens, research associate professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, performed Sept. 18 at the 14th Annual Rochester River Challenge Wounded Warriors Disabled Sports Project event at the Genesee Waterways Center on Elmwood Ave.

An official dedication ceremony for the Vignelli Center for Design Studies will be held at 3 p.m. Sept. 16 with the Vignellis in attendance. Also in attendance will be renowned Italian graphic designer Armando Milani. Here, Tanvi Asher, a 2010 graduate of RIT’s Industrial Design program, works on Milani's exhibit of 50 posters and 50 logotypes being hung in the new gallery space.

Renowned designer Massimo Vignelli sets up pieces of his work in the new Vignelli Center for Design Studies on the RIT campus. Vignelli and his wife, Lella Vignelli, have donated their archive to RIT. Select pieces from their collection, including furniture and graphic designs, will be showcased in the gallery spaces at the center. The grand opening for the Vignelli Center is Thursday, Sept. 16.

The Market at Global Village opened for business on Sept. 13. Offered for sale are an assortment of ethnic spices, foods and products from around the world. The Market also sells local dairy products, produce, bakery items and coffee.

The Original Art traveling exhibition opens with a reception in RIT’s Bevier Gallery from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 10 and runs through Oct. 6. The show features 40 colorful works of art featured in the juried Original Art 2009 exhibition held at the Museum of American Illustration at Society of Illustrators in New York City.

RIT’s chapter of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, one of dozens of clubs offered on campus, hosted a series of events the week of Sept. 6. Participants wrote down their concerns from the past year on a canvas and then covered their worries with splattered paint.