Smith Professor Lauded for His One-Man Campaign to End Darfur Genocide.

AScribe Law News Service, March, 2008

Byline: Smith College

NORTHAMPTON, Mass., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- When she enrolled in Harvard Law School and wanted to learn about the genocide in Darfur, Rebecca Hamilton came across a Washington Post column on the topic written by Eric Reeves.

Then, noted Hamilton, she did what any curious student would do: She Googled his name. What popped onto her computer screen seemed an unlikely Darfur expert - a professor of English language and literature at Smith College.

On March 6, Hamilton recounted how she had discovered Reeves, during a ceremony in which Reeves received an honorary degree from Smith for his humanitarian work for the African nation. The award is an unusual accolade for a sitting faculty member.

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