AMHERST, Mass. - On the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Will Eisner’s "A Contract with God," the first work to be published as a serious comic book, or "graphic novel," the University of Massachusetts will host a conference on the history, aesthetics, and future of the rapidly growing genre. The conference is co-sponsored by the UMass departments of comparative literature, English, art history, and Judaic and Near Eastern studies, in conjunction with the Words & Pictures Museum in Northampton, Mass., and Kitchen Sink Press. The Words & Pictures Museum will also present an exhibition on the graphic novel the same weekend.

AMHERST, Mass. - The department of food science at the University of Massachusetts will host a symposium on the effects of antioxidants and oxidative processes in health and foods Thurs. and Fri. Nov. 5-6 in room 101 of the UMass Campus Center.

AMHERST, Mass. - Susan Landau, a faculty member in the computer science department at the University of Massachusetts, will bring her expertise on privacy and the Internet to groups across the country in coming weeks. Landau will participate in a panel discussion organized by the Naval Research Labs on anonymity and the World Wide Web on Nov. 3 in San Francisco. She will also present a University Lecture entitled "Cryptology, Technology, and Privacy" at the University of Wisconsin on Dec. 2.

AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts history department is sponsoring a colloquium on "The Politics of Impeachment: High Crimes and Misdemeanors from 1787 to Today." The event will take place Monday, Nov. 2, in Herter Hall Room 601 at 2:30 p.m. and is free nd open to the public.