Dartmouth News Roundup – August 19, 2025 | News Glare

Hanover, N.H. – Dartmouth College has announced the six Montgomery Fellows for the 2025–26 academic year. These include scholars and artists. The roster includes groundbreaking performers, innovative scholars, and a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian. Highlights of the program:

Fellow Title/Role Residency Highlights
Morris + Company Choreographer/Performance Company - Hosts pre-show talks and workshops with Dartmouth Dance Ensemble - Engages in classroom visits
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Co. Choreographer/Artistic Director Performances of Still/Join us at the Hopkins Center for a panel and workshop at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. We’ll explore storytelling in the context of terminal illness.
Vinzenz Hediger Film Historian (Chair of Film & Media Studies) He gives lectures and works with faculty and students on film preservation.
Annette Gordon-Reed ’81 Harvard Professor & Pulitzer Prize–Winning Historian - Public talk on The Hemingses of Monticello - Seminars for Dartmouth’s 250th anniversary celebrations
Anna Deavere Smith Playwright & Actor Workshops and residencies with the Hopkins Center and the Theater Department are focused on creating a new play. This play is inspired by Anita Hill’s testimony.
Ethan Iverson Music Director Meets with students and faculty; co-creates performances for Montgomery Fellows events.

The Montgomery Fellows Program invites great thinkers to campus. They engage in public lectures, master classes, and informal talks. Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock said, “These Fellows enrich our community’s grasp of the arts, humanities, and social issues at a key moment in the College’s history.”

Keene, N.H. – A multi-vehicle accident on Route 9 West injured seven people on Sunday. The highway was closed for a while. One of the injured was airlifted to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon. The crash involved two cars and a motorcycle. It was declared a Level 1 mass casualty incident. Emergency teams from Keene, Spofford, Cheshire County, and Rescue Inc. rushed to the scene. DHART flew one critically injured patient to Dartmouth Hitchcock by helicopter. All victims were awake and breathing during transport. Four went to Cheshire Medical Center, two to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, and one to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. The crash remains under investigation.