Toby and SherAaron were featured in this section of the newsletter at the request of the Chair of The Carpentries Instructor Trainers Leadership Committee (ITLC), Dr. Amanda Kis. Thank you SherAaron and Toby for your leadership and dedication to The Carpentries and our community! 🙏

Our June newsletter's Gratitude of the Month section is dedicated to SherAaron Hurt and @tobyhodges.carpentries.org, our Director of Workshops and Training, and Director of Curriculum. 🌟 Read more from our June newsletter, and subscribe to future editions: us14.campaign-archive.com?u=46d7513c79...

The survey helps the Core Team better understand how you engage with the Carpentries community and where we can improve across programs, communications, and support. Please share your experiences with us! Read more about the survey in our latest blog post: carpentries.org/blog/2026/06...

The Carpentries 2026 Community Survey is open, and your feedback matters! Whether you're a learner, Instructor, Instructor Trainer, Maintainer, or workshop host, we want to hear from you! ⏰ The survey takes 5 minutes, and closes on 10 July. 👉 Complete the survey: forms.gle/WvFhKpvuYZRs...

We are keen on the future outcomes of these engagements and collaborations on the alignment of #OpenSource goals with those of the UN Charter, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Global Digital Compact. 🌟 #UNOpenSourceWeek

Shoutout to all the members of the Carpentries community and allied organisations who attended in person and those that made some presentations. 👏 #UNOpenSourceWeek

We have appreciated the #UNOpenSourceWeek 2026 content on our timeline, giving us a glimpse into some of the insights emerging from the panels, workshops, hackathons, and community-led events at the United Nations headquarters in New York City!

💡 Subcommunity Spotlight: UK Carpentry Community 🌟 The UK Carpentry Community spans dozens of UK universities and research institutions. This subcommunity meets monthly, and everyone is welcome. Read the full Spotlight on our blog, and find out how to get involved: carpentries.org/blog/2026/06...

Learners will learn to: ✅ Automate repetitive tasks to process data efficiently ✅ Use conditionals to initiate code ✅ Write functions to perform tasks ✅ Create plots (visual representations of data) to recognise trends, patterns, and relationships within datasets. We can’t wait to learn with you!

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 We’re excited to invite you to our 𝐏𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧: 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 workshop in partnership with @instats.bsky.social! 📆 21-22 July, 2026 🕰️ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm ET (UTC -4) Location: Zoom For details, costs and registration: instats.org/seminar/hand...

Thread of several new things from @carpentries.carpentries.org this week, all related to genAI. 1. We have launched a bonus module to Instructor Training, GenAI in Workshops. carpentries.org/blog/2026/06...

Led by expert Trainers, these six hour events are highly interactive and designed to build instructors’ confidence to be proactive in their response to genAI use in their workshops and other teaching settings. For information on pricing, visit our Pricing page: carpentries.org/support/pric...

Participants will discuss the potential impacts of genAI chatbot use on opportunities for guided practice, how expertise affects an individual’s ability to make successful use of genAI tools, and how considerations of cognitive load should change in this new context, etc.

The use of AI tools has profound implications for learning, especially among the novices that form the majority of our leaners. The new bonus module will bring members of our Instructor community together to discuss and learn how they can respond to the changing practices of learners.

📢 In response to growing reports of genAI chatbot use by learners in workshops, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐬, 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, in which Instructors will explore what widespread genAI use means for the way they teach workshops: carpentries.org/blog/2026/06...

ICYMI: Tomorrow, 18 June at 12:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC, we co-host the first set of 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐀𝐈 + 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. The sessions will open with a presentation by Dr. Elle O'Brien, Director of the AI & Data Science Graduate Certificate at the University of Michigan. Hope you can join us!

The governors are also calling for members of the community to work on developing alternative version(s) of the Version Control with Git and GitHub lesson that use different “forges” (project/repository hosting platforms) e.g. GitLab and Codeberg. Find out more about this exciting call!

🔊 The Software Carpentry Governance Committee is looking for new members. Please fill out the application form to volunteer to join the committee and shape the direction of this lesson program. 🌟 Find out more: carpentries.org/blog/2026/06...

Check out our community discussions next week, for a start. bsky.app/profile/carp...

The Carpentries in collaboration with AI Carpentry will host the first set of discussions in a series of 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐀𝐈 + 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 on 18 June, at 12:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC. Register below: Session 1: pretix.carpentries.org/community-ev... Session 2: pretix.carpentries.org/community-ev...

Same community, new look. Whether you're learning R for the first time or leading a chapter — this is your community. We're RLadies+ and we're just getting started 💜 rladies.org #RLadies #RStats

🏳️‍🌈 #SSIFellow @ellakaye.co.uk focused her Fellowship project on growing @rainbowr.org, a community for LGBTQ+ people who code in R. Find out more about their first in-person leadership work-sprint in our latest blog post: www.software.ac.uk/blog/rainbow...

🛠️ The Carpentries is hosting a new series of GenAI + Teaching Discussions, bringing educators together to share their experiences. The first call will take place on Thursday 18 June. Find out more and register at www.software.ac.uk/news/genai-t...

The month of May is over, and The Carpentries newsletter is out! Our Gratitude for the Month was none other than our Associate Director of Community @angeliquetrusler.carpentries.org. 🌟 Read more from our May newsletter, and subscribe to future editions: us14.campaign-archive.com?u=46d7513c79...

We also thank the alumni Maintainers, who stepped out of the role this year, for the many contributions they have made to the maintenance of our lessons.

We're so pleased to announce that our most recent cohort of 17 new Lesson Maintainers have completed onboarding and are ready to support lessons across The Carpentries curricula, including our newest Lesson Program, HPC Carpentry. Find out more about our Maintainers: carpentries.org/blog/2026/05...

📢 datocracy AI and The Carpentries are announcing a partnership that puts people at the very centre of the future of AI training and usage. We are proud to announce this collaboration, as a meeting of two organisations with deeply complementary missions. Read more about this strategic partnership:

Whether you are new to The Carpentries or a long-time contributor, come and expand your network while sparking new collaborations! Sign up on Pretix: pretix.carpentries.org/community-ev...

Join us next week for a fun and informal Carpentries networking session! This session is designed to connect with fellow community members from around the world in a relaxed and welcoming environment. 🖥️ Event: Carpentries Networking Session 📆 Date: Wednesday, 20 May ⏰️️️ Time: 17:30 UTC

REMINDER that applications for Carpentries Instructor Trainer Training are now open until 15 May at midnight Anywhere on Earth! Apply today!

Join us next week for a Carpentries community session for lesson developers to report on their experience teaching a new lesson in a pilot workshop, or to ask questions in preparation for an upcoming pilot. 🖥️ Event: Pilot Workshop Debrief 📆 Date: Weds, 13 May ⏰️️️ Time: 18:00 UTC Sign up on Pretix:

The applications for Carpentries Instructor Trainer Training are now open! We will be hosting our Instructor Trainer Training starting in July. The deadline to apply is 15 May at midnight Anywhere on Earth. To apply, please read our latest blog post: carpentries.org/blog/2026/04...

Our Instructor Trainer Training program provides next-level pedagogical training for individuals seeking to play a leadership role in advancing computational and data skills training at their institutions. Within The Carpentries, they are pivotal to the growth and health of our Instructor community.

Thank you Marco for teaching one of the lessons, Building Better Research Software, in The Carpentries Incubator, a place for collaborative development of new lessons. And thank also for taking time to share your experience of doing so, and provide feedback! We appreciate you. 🙏

Join us next week for a hands-on session on how to create a website for your Carpentries workshop. 🖥️ Event: Creating a Workshop Website Skill-up 🛠️ 📆 Date: Wednesday, 6 May ⏰️️ Time: 08:30 UTC You will need a GitHub account to participate. Sign up on Pretix: pretix.carpentries.org/community-ev...

📣 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧: 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 We’re excited to invite you to our 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 workshop! 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: 18-21 May, 2026 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 10 am - 2 pm Eastern Time (UTC -4) 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Online This beginner workshop covers Shell, Git, & Python & provides a foundation for further self-directed learning.

This Carpentries workshop is 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝—please feel free to share with your friends, colleagues, or communities who might be interested. Registration is limited, so we encourage you to sign up early. ⏰ 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 www.eventbrite.com/e/software-c... We can’t wait to learn with you!

Ready to build data skills where you work? The Carpentries Partnership program helps organisations grow training capacity through workshops, instructor training, lesson development, and professional development courses. Join a global community with 5,413 Instructors across 72 countries!

Become a partner, renew your partnership, or schedule a consultation. Learn more: carpentries.org/blog/2026/04... #TheCarpentries #OpenScience #DataSkills

Read more about the people behind the community: carpentries.org/blog/2026/04... #OpenScience #TheCarpentries #DataSkills

“I like the sense of community and ability to connect with and collaborate with people from around the world.” — Gorata Bridget Malose, Columbia University Through The Carpentries new Partnership Program, organisations can support workshops, instructor training, lesson development, and more.

... a lot of powerful personal stories: “It helped me realise that I could.” — Dr. @yabellini.bsky.social, @ropensci.org “Our research group could do completely different things on computers after learning from the lesson material.” — Dr. @ethanwhite.weecology.org, University of Florida

The Carpentries is a community built around a simple idea: Teach people the data and computational skills they need for modern research and teach them how to teach others. That idea has led to: • 5,405 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 • 185 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 • 4,965 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 72 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. And...

📢 Reminder: The deadline to apply to be a Carpentries Lesson Maintainer has been extended to 17 April (midnight, anywhere on Earth). If you have been considering applying, there is still time!

Learn more in our latest blog post: carpentries.org/blog/2026/04... #TheCarpentries #OpenScience #DataSkills

Why do organisations partner with The Carpentries? To build sustainable training capacity for data and computational skills. Our global community includes: 72 countries with workshops 5,382 instructors 185 Instructor Trainers 4,950 workshops delivered

🔊 The deadline to apply to be a Carpentries Lesson Maintainer has been extended to 17 April, midnight anywhere on Earth. The Carpentries Maintainers work with the community to make sure that lessons stay up-to-date, accurate, functional and cohesive. ⏰ Apply now: carpentries.org/blog/2026/04...

Join us next week to add your contributions to Glosario, our multilingual glossary of data science terms, and help us break down language barriers in programming. 🖥️ Event: Glosario Co-Working 📆 Date: Wednesday, 15 April ⏰️️ Time: 15:00 UTC Sign up on Pretix: pretix.carpentries.org/community-ev...

We’re introducing our new Partnership program to help organisations build sustainable training capacity. Join one of our info sessions to learn more: 👉 21 April 2026: 16:30 UTC: pretix.carpentries.org/community-ev... 👉 22 April 2026: 09:00 UTC: pretix.carpentries.org/community-ev... #OpenScience