Join us for a hands-on session on how to create a website for your Carpentries workshop. You'll learn the basics of setting up and managing a workshop site, with guided support. 🖥️ Event: Creating a Workshop Website Skill-up 🛠️ 📆 Date: Thursday, 2 April ⏰️ Time: 08:30 UTC Sign up on Pretix:

Our Executive Director @drkariljordan.carpentries.org will be speaking at the upcoming workshop convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 🗣️ Session Title: How AI is Influencing the Tech Workforce 🗓️ Date: Monday, 30 March 2026 ⏰ Time: 2:50–4:20 PM EST

We’re excited to invite you to our Software Carpentry Python: Coding for Beginners workshop in partnership with @instats.bsky.social! 📆 Dates: 22-23 April 2026 ⏰ Time: 8:00am - 12:00pm ET (UTC -4) 🖥️ Location: Zoom Our #Python workshop is for those with little or no prior experience in programming.

The Carpentries has fantastic representation at the National Society of Black Engineers Convention in Baltimore #NSBE2026. 🌟 Today, Carpentries Instructor, Sarah Brown, is teaching a Software Carpentry workshop, with Syreeta Thomas as helper. Our ED @drkariljordan.carpentries.org is also attending!

🔍 The 2026 International RSE Survey will close in just a few days. If you haven't done so already, hurry up an have your say by Friday 20 March. - Find out more about the survey and how to participate at lnkd.in/ejTXEsFY

The RSECon26 Call for Mentors is open! Advise early-career RSEs preparing accepted talks and posters. Share expertise and build confidence in our community. Commitment: ~3.5 hours from June 12 - Aug 26. Apply by 1 June! Learn more and sign up: rsecon26.society-rse.org/calls/mentors #RSECon26

Learn Nonresponse in Social Surveys (Free Seminar) at your own pace! #Statistics #Demography #Sociology #SocialTheory #PublicPolicy #DataScience #Powerpoint #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

📢 Applications are open for @aspenpolicyacademy.bsky.social’s Building Nonprofit Advocacy Capacity course! This free, part-time, virtual program (May 11–15) helps nonprofits build policy advocacy plans from scratch. Apply by April 5. Details and application: aspenpolicyacademy.org/program/buil...

📢 Exciting News for R-Ladies Rome! Join us for a session with Isabella Velásquez from Posit PBC: "What’s New in {dplyr} 1.2.0." Discover updates like when_any(), when_all(), and more, with practical examples. 🗓️ March 18, 2026, 6pm CET 🔗 Register: www.meetup.com/rladies-rome... #DataScience 🚀

This week, our Executive Director @drkariljordan.carpentries.org is attending the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Annual Meeting as a representative of one of the 660 projects in attendance. Her goal is to share what The Carpentries is doing to build AI curriculum.

Set your alarms! ⏰ 24 hours to go until our Community Forum. Join the rest of the community tomorrow at 2 PM UK time to talk all things governance and celebrate our latest milestones. 🥂 Grab the link to join us here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Officially a certified Carpentries Instructor! 💻✨ Data science shouldn't be gatekept. Really excited to run official workshops and help more ecologists wrangle their data. @carpentries.carpentries.org

📢 REMINDER: Today is the last day to apply to become a Lesson Program Governor for the Data Carpentry project!

I'm gutted not to be able to join Germany's first Collaborations Workshop in Göttingen in Sep. If any other community members plan to be there and want to work on @carpentries.carpentries.org -related project(s), let me know how we can support you! events.hifis.net/event/3249/o...

Had a great time at deRSE26 last week, catching up with old friends and making some new ones 🤩 Thanks to everyone who came to our sessions, and to the organisers for another excellent conference.

A busy week for our Director of Curriculum @tobyhodges.carpentries.org, who attended the #deRSE26 conference at the University of Stuttgart! He presented a talk on the developments around the AI Carpentry project, and also co-led two @hpc-carpentry.bsky.social-related sessions. Thank you, Toby! 🙏💙

If you are a @carpentries.carpentries.org community member based in Germany and you want to apply for this, please let me know how I can support you! www.sovereign.tech/news/2026-fe...

We need your expertise! The RSECon26 Call for Reviewers is open. Reviewing is a great way to contribute to the community and help us build an outstanding program. Sign up to be a reviewer today: rsecon26.society-rse.org/calls/review... #RSECon26

Join us next week for Lesson Developer Community Meetings! 🌟 These are sessions for lesson developers in The Carpentries community to meet, share experiences, ask questions related to lesson development, and explore opportunities for collaboration. 📆 Date: Weds, 11 March ⏰️ Time: 10:00 + 22:00 UTC

🔊 We recently released updates on AMY, our community data management software, and are calling on our community members with a profile on AMY to please take a few minutes to update your airport location (now a required field) and any other information on your profile: carpentries.org/blog/2026/03...

This week, 2 - 6 March 2026, is international Open Education Week! @oeglobal.bsky.social #OEWeek26 Teachers, learners, advocates, and professionals across the world are celebrating the benefits of open educational resources and practices. Join & participate in the celebrations: oeweek.oeglobal.org

Last week two members of The Carpentries Core Team, Associate Director @erinstellabecker.bsky.social and Communications Manager @oscarsibabalwe.bsky.social, attended @rainbowr.org conference, and had so much fun being there! 🌈 To join in the activities this community: conference.rainbowr.org/after

From The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org | HPC Carpentry Approved as The Carpentries' Fourth Lesson Program | #HPC #OpenScience #Education 🖥️ 🧪 🔓 ⬇️ carpentries.org/blog/2026/02...

We are so happy to announce the BIG and EXCITING news that on 5 February 2026 our Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve the adoption of @hpc-carpentry.bsky.social as an official lesson program of The Carpentries, launching on 1 September 2026! carpentries.org/blog/2026/02... 🚀

HPC Carpentry @hpc-carpentry.bsky.social will become the latest Lesson Program of The Carpentries @hpc-carpentry.bsky.social in September 2026 🎉 They join our existing lesson programs: Data Carpentry, Library Carpentry, and Software Carpentry. carpentries.org/blog/2026/02...

We have just run the 2026 edition of our Data @carpentries.carpentries.org for Geospatial Data with R. Thank you to this special bunch of enthusiastic participants, dedicated helpers and generous instructors. Till next year! www.tudelft.nl/en/library/d...

In January last year, we announced that The Carpentries would sunset support for our previous lesson infrastructure, 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴, at the end of last year. Our latest blog post reports and reflects on the progress made migrating lessons from 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴 to the Workbench: carpentries.org/blog/2026/02...

📣 Quick reminder: The Call for Contributions for useR! 2026 conference in Warsaw 🇵🇱 is open. We are waiting for your application 😊 Info & submission here: 👉 user2026.r-project.org/call/ #RStats #useR2026 #DataScience #Poland

Running a workshop in times of the war: report about the first @carpentries.carpentries.org workshop in Ukraine olexandr-konovalov.github.io/posts/2026/0...

We are so grateful for the generosity of the volunteer organisers of the Winter Analytics Summit for choosing The Carpentries as their charity of choice to donate to $3,300 worth of the summit's registration proceeds. 🙌 The summit was held on 20 - 22 February 2026.

🔊 The Carpentries is calling for volunteers from the Data Carpentry community to become Lesson Program Governors (LPGCs) for the project. ⏰ Applications close by the end of Tuesday 10th March 2026 (anywhere on Earth). Find out more about and details on how to apply: carpentries.org/blog/2026/02...

Join us for a hands-on session on how to create a website for your Carpentries workshop. 🖥️ Event: Creating a Workshop Website Skill-up 🛠️ 📆 Date: Tues, 3 March ⏰️ Time: 09:30 UTC You will learn the basics of setting up and managing a workshop site, with guided support throughout. Sign up on Pretix:

Bumping this up because I’m sure you’re out there somewhere…

🔊 Next week we will host a 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: Monday, 2 March ⏰ Time: 10:00 UTC Sign up on Pretix:

Today, 19 February at 11:59 PM EST, is the last chance to register for the Winter Analytics Summit. The summit will donate a significant portion of the registration proceeds to The Carpentries. The summit starts tomorrow, 20 February, until 22 February. More details: winteranalyticssummit.com

It's been one year since @carpentries.carpentries.org transition to independent non-profit organization. Here's what we learned: carpentries.org/blog/2026/02...

📣 On 1st Feb 2025, The Carpentries completed its transition from a fiscally sponsored organisation to an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Over the past year, the Executive Team undertook a formal evaluation to understand how this shift has affected our mission delivery, governance, finances, and

Join us for a fun and informal Carpentries networking session! This session is designed to connect with community members from around the world in a relaxed, welcoming environment. 📆 UTC Time: 25 February 2026 15:00 📝 Sign up on Pretix (pretix.carpentries.org/community-ev... ).

📢 The Library Carpentry Curriculum Advisory Committee is calling for instructors to run pilot workshops for 14 lessons currently in Alpha status. To move them toward Beta and then adoption as Library Carpentry lessons, they need the Carpentries community to test the lessons in real-world settings. 🙏

A huge thank you to Lavanya Ramakrishnan, Drew Paine, and their team at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov, with partners from @superbloom.design, @carpentries.carpentries.org and @2i2c.org. It was such a joy to be part of these vibrant collaborations!

I was in the #curriculum team reviewing the lesson on rapid usability testing in the @carpentries.carpentries.org incubator: carpentries-incubator.github.io/rapid-usabil... So interesting to discuss how to motivate and support developers incorporating their users’ feedback into their workflows.

You can find out more about CSCCE Mini-workshops, all of which can be offered as private trainings, on our website: www.cscce.org/trainings/cs...

Very excited to be a certified Carpentries Instructor thanks to Carpentry@UiO! @carpentries.carpentries.org

Congratulations to our subcommunity in New Zealand for hosting another successful CarpentryConnect NZ! 🎉 Our Director of Curriculum @tobyhodges.carpentries.org delivered the keynote, and member of our Board of Directors, Paola Corrales, was the invited speaker: eresearchnz.co.nz/nz-carpentry... 💙

I wrote a short blog post about this paper, reflecting on my own time as a @carpentries.carpentries.org Software Carpentry instructor blog.stephenturner.us/p/ten-simple...

In this fourth thread on #CarpentriesResources, we would like to highlight resources available to Carpentries subcommunities.

Explore our Board of Director's 2025 Activities Report, and learn about the latest transitions in our Board officers and standing committee chairs. Also find out how the Board’s 2026 work plan will support our strategic goals for the coming years: www.carpentries.org/blog/2026/02...

I'm a GitHub Star again in 2026 ⭐ 5 years now😎! This recognition reflects the awesome communities I work with every day: generous and talented people who share knowledge, build in the open, and support each other’s growth. Thanks to @github.com and to the communities I learn from & contribute to.

Next week we will host two community sessions on the Continuing Professional Development (CDP) of Carpentries Instructors and Trainers. 💻 Event: One and done, or an ongoing journey? 📅 Date: Mon, 9 Feb ⏰ Time: 15:00 UTC & 21:00 UTC Sign up on Pretix: pretix.carpentries.org/community-ev...