Nazareth College says 1 in 3 of its teachers are adjuncts, and on Thursday, the demand for higher wages by many of  them was discussed in a news conference called by those faculty members and their union.

Colleen Wolff teaches french horn at Nazareth College. She’s one of the adjuncts who protested low salaries and short term appointments with SEIU Local 200. 

Wolff said the school commits to adjuncts on a semester by semester basis.

Congressman Tom Reed is out of the hospital now after he collapsed just prior to a television appearance in Washington, D.C. on Thursday afternoon. It happened in the rotunda of the Cannon House Office Building.

Various media outlets, including Spectrum News reporter Samantha-Jo Roth, have reported that Reed collapsed just before an appearance on Fox.

Roth tweeted that the Southern Tier Republican was conscious and speaking before paramedics arrived.

A well-known name in the electronics industry is coming to downtown Rochester. Panasonic, which earlier this year acquired a division belonging to a local high-tech company called Omni-ID, will be taking up some space in the first Federal Building.

Panasonic will have operations on the 1st and 21st floor of that building. The unit, Omni-ID's 'Industrial Internet of Things Solutions Group' previously was located at Eastman Business Park.

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has recommended that the nonprofit organization PathStone build on the last available part of the Inner Loop redevelopment near Monroe Avenue and Chestnut Street. The proposed building has its first tenant: Geva.   

The theater’s artistic director, Mark Cuddy, said they’re out of space at their current location and want to use 5,900 square feet of the building to expand.

“We’ll have year-round classes, year-round engagement, community events, it’s an opportunity for us for more participation,” said Cuddy.

First hour: How are race, culture, and architecture connected?

Second hour: How meditation can help relieve anxiety

Monroe Community College President Anne Kress is a finalist to lead Northern Virginia Community College.

According to the news release on that college’s website, Kress is one of three finalists. Northern Virginia Community College enrolls more than 75,000 at its six campuses and is the largest institution of higher education in Virginia.

Kress has been president at MCC since 2009, and she is also co-chair of the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council.