Stephen Kurczy

Journo. Journo prof @ProvidenceCol. Author of The Quiet Zone from @deystreet https://t.co/E86jVyKssy. Guy w/o cellphone since '09. Once ran a 2:30 marathon.

Articles

In the ‘Quietest Town in America,' Does True Silence Actually Exist?

1 month ago | cntraveler.com | Stephen Kurczy

When you first drive into the National Radio Quiet Zone—the first of its kind worldwide, spanning 13,000 square miles in Virginia and West Virginia—you won’t know it. The outer edge of the zone includes cities like Charlottesville and Harrisonburg, where life is like pretty much anywhere else. As you travel deeper into the zone, however, the rugged Appalachian roads narrow and the vibe shifts. The radio dial spins. Gas stations peter out. Cell phone bars drop. Cows stare.
In the ‘Quietest Town in America,' Does True Silence Actually Exist?

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Stephen Kurczy

NowAmerican Airlines is the most popular airline in the US, and an especially great option for Apple fans thanks to free Apple Music and Apple TV+ offers. But unlike some of its competitors, it has always charged for Wi-Fi connectivity. Fortunately, that practice is about to end: free Wi-Fi is coming …
Do Cell Phones Belong in the Mountains?

Jan 4, 2024 | outdoors.org | Stephen Kurczy

This story was originally published in the Summer/Fall 2022 issue of Appalachia Journal. My son was asleep on my back, head craned sideways as he slouched in a child carrier, oblivious to the marathon journey in front of us. We were hiking up the Garfield Trail in the predawn darkness of August 2021, my headlamp lighting the rocky path, and his heavy breathing exchanging a rhythm with my crunching footsteps.
How a mysterious protein plays a crucial role in plant growth

May 31, 2023 | phys.org | Stephen Kurczy

It's springtime on campus, which means that flowers and plants of all kinds are bursting to life, growing and blooming. But why? What's going on inside a plant to drive this growth? It's a simple question that scientists have long sought to understand.
Game Theory Scores Big at Dartmouth

Apr 27, 2023 | home.dartmouth.edu | Stephen Kurczy

BodyThis spring, a record-breaking 248 students enrolled in the Evolutionary Game Theory class taught by Associate Professor of Mathematics Feng Fu. So many students signed up for the course that Fu had to split the class into two sessions to fit into Kemeny Hall’s largest classroom. Back in 2016, just nine students showed up for the same course. The meteoric growth in enrollment is just one example of the recent surge of student interest in game theory at Dartmouth.