Briefs

UCLA, KST Data to offer computer discounts

A new agreement between UCLA and KST Data will allow individuals
within the UCLA community (faculty, staff and students) to purchase
computers and peripherals from Dell, Hewlett Packard (including
Compaq) and Gateway.

The campus program worked with KST to establish “sweet
spot” computers which represent the most popular
configurations for that particular three-month period. These
computers will be available to individuals at the same prices that
UCLA departments are currently paying.

For those interested in Apple Computers, the UCLA Store will
also be on hand to showcase their selection of computers.

The event will be held on Nov. 6. For staff and faculty, the
Personal PC Purchase Show will take place between 11 a.m. and 2
p.m. in the Faculty Center California Room. For students, the event
will take place between 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Plaza Room in
De Neve Plaza.

Halfon appointed to Los Angeles child care
panel

Dr. Neal Halfon, a UCLA professor of pediatrics and public
health, was appointed by Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn to a
three-year term on the Los Angeles Commission for Children, Youth
and Their Families.

The 11-member panel is made up of child and family advocates who
help coordinate public and private resources to improve access to
child care, and health and educational services for Los Angeles
children, youth and families.

Halfon is director of the UCLA Center for Healthier Children,
Families and Communities, and directs the Child and Family Health
Program in UCLA’s School of Public Health.

He also directs the federally funded Maternal and Child Health
Bureau’s National Center for Infancy and Early Childhood
Health Policy Research.

Briefs compiled from UCLA wire reports and Daily Bruin
staff.