As part of the one-year anniversary of the Colorado Ocean Coalition, Sherman’s Lagoon cartoonist Jim Toomey and Blue Frontier Campaign founder David Helvarg will be speaking at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13, at the Boulder Public Library. They will be part of a “Making Waves in Colorado” symposium being held from 1 to 5 p.m. that will include National Geographic Explorer in Residence Sylvia Earle, U.S. National Marine Sanctuary Program Director Dan Basta and environmental hero Margo Pellegrino.

The Center for ReSource Conservation (CRC) will be celebrating its 35th anniversary as an environmental nonprofit at its ReWards dinner on Saturday, Nov. 5, at the St. Julien Hotel in Boulder.

In response to the alarming rate at which breast cancer rates have been increasing in recent decades, and to protest conventional treatments, a local nonprofit is raising money to fund non-toxic and safe breast cancer research and prevention education.

City of Boulder officials announced this week that they have given the police authority over certain areas of code enforcement. On Oct. 10, the Boulder Police assumed responsibility for quality-of-life code enforcement items, which officials say will streamline service delivery to the community.

The University of Colorado Boulder has launched a national search for a new dean for its largest college, the College of Arts and Sciences. John Stevenson, dean of the Graduate School, will chair the search committee.

Urban Land Institute (ULI) Boulder will host a city council candidate forum from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the West Senior Center, at 909 Arapahoe Ave.

Monisha Merchant resigned her seat on the University of Colorado Board of Regents on Sept. 25. She will become the senior advisor for business affairs for U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet. Merchant is a Lakewood Democrat whose six-year term began in January 2009 after she won the election in November 2008.

GO Boulder, the University of Colorado and local merchants have teamed up for the fourth annual “Lighten Up Boulder” campaign to highlight the importance of using a bike light for night cycling.

Several local organizations are sponsoring a free pharmaceutical drive-up and drop-off event from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, at Boulder Community Foothills Hospital, at 4747 Arapahoe Ave.

Frances Draper, associate vice chancellor for strategic relations, was promoted to the post of vice chancellor for strategic relations on Sept. 16. The appointment is effective on Oct. 1 and will raise her salary from $153,000 to $175,000 a year.