Gurjit Kaur

1 month ago | ctpublic.org | Ailsa Chang |Gurjit Kaur

SOMOS CONNECTICUT is an initiative from Connecticut Public, the state’s local NPR and PBS station, to elevate Latino stories and expand programming that uplifts and informs our Latino communities. Visit CTPublic.org/latino for more stories and resources. For updates, sign up for the SOMOS CONNECTICUT newsletter at ctpublic.org/newsletters.

1 month ago | wesa.fm | Ailsa Chang |Sarah Handel |Gurjit Kaur

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Matthew Petrohay about his team's undergraduate project at Purdue University. They built a robot that set a new world record for shortest time to solve a Rubik's cube.

1 month ago | ctpublic.org | Ailsa Chang |Sarah Handel |Gurjit Kaur

AILSA CHANG, HOST:The Rubik's Cube - you know, that multicolored cube that's scrambled our brains for decades? Well, that has been unscrambled in a new record time. A team of undergraduate students at Purdue University can solve it faster than you can blink - literally - that is, with some help from their new robot. Matthew Patrohay joins us now. He's the team lead on this student project, the Purdubik's Cube - get it? - and today is his graduation day. Happy graduation, Matthew, and congratulations.

2 months ago | nhpr.org | Ailsa Chang |Gurjit Kaur |Patrick Jarenwattananon

Federal officials with the Department of Homeland Security visited two elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District on April 7. The officials claimed they were conducting a wellness check on children they claim had arrived unaccompanied at the border. But Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho told NPR such actions are not typical.

2 months ago | wshu.org | Courtney Dorning |Juana Summers |Gurjit Kaur |Brianna Scott

JUANA SUMMERS, HOST:When you meet the bestselling author Jennifer Weiner, the thing that strikes you immediately is how disarmingly normal and friendly she is. How are you doing? JENNIFER WEINER: I'm good. SUMMERS: I'm Juana. WEINER: It's so nice to meet you. SUMMERS: It's so nice to meet you in person. WEINER: Come on in.