The Carpentries

PyCon Colombia 2026 starts today, Friday, 24 July until Sunday, 26 July in the city of Medellín! 🚀

🌟 Our Executive Director @drkariljordan@mastodon.social is attending, and will deliver a Keynote presentation on Sunday.

PyCon Colombia 2026 is the tenth edition of the non-profit conference organised by volunteers from the Python community and other technology leaders in Colombia. With over 600 expected attendees, this event provides a unique opportunity to connect, learn, and explore the latest trends in #Python. 🐍

Kari is particularly keen to connect with the many Carpentries community members and supporters in attendance, so if you come across her, please, please, please say hello!

Also presenting a Keynote at PyCon Colombia 2026 is longtime Carpentries community member and contributor, @malvikasharan@scholar.social! 💙

Wishing Kari and Malvika, and all the PyCon Colombia 2026 participants, a wonderfully productive and engaging time!

#PyConColombia2026 #Carpentries

We are thrilled with the renewed attention that The Carpentries has received for deciding to withdraw a $1.5 million proposal to the National Science Foundation (NSF), thanks to a recent similar decision made by the Python Software Foundation (@ThePSF@fosstodon.org) and the shout-out they gave us when they announced it.

PSF raised $65K+ within 24 hours of making their announcement, an amount which rose to $135K+ within a week in solidarity funds from 1400+ donors and 270+ new members. This is incredible financial support to PSF from the Python community!

The Carpentries has an open appeal to our community and the general public for donations and sponsorships to help us make up the shortfall in funds due to our proposal withdrawal. We are deeply grateful for the encouragement and solidarity we received in response. We value all contributions!

Our choice came with financial challenges. In the context of our operating budget ($1.2 million in 2024), $1.5 million is a significant amount of money.The loss of those anticipated NSF funds, therefore, represents a substantial impact on our sustainability.

With this renewed attention to values-based decision making, we would like to use this opportunity to highlight The Carpentries' continued need for financial support. We hope that Python community members and like-minded organisations will also support the work of The Carpentries in some way.

The support the Python community has shown to PSF for its decision has given us hope in the sustainability of open science communities. Please consider extending your generosity to our organisation’s fundraising efforts, and help us to reach more individuals that are aligned to our mission and values: https://carpentries.org/support/

📢 Today and tomorrow, 21-22 July 2026, our Director of Curriculum, Dr Toby Hodges, is participating virtually at the Library of Congress AI Literacy + Learning for Libraries, Archives, and Museums (LAMs) Summit. He will give a brief overview of current activities and suggestions for how summit participants can get involved in the AI Carpentry project. 🌟

The gathering, in Washington, DC and virtually, brings together leaders and stakeholders working at the intersection of responsible AI and libraries, archives and museums. The goal is to work toward developing resources that support the responsible implementation of AI across knowledge institutions that prioritise trust, authenticity, and the public good--building on and connecting to existing efforts. 👏

🗓️ Over the two days participants will:
• Day 1 — Share work and outcomes from AI literacy and learning initiatives across the sector.
• Day 2 — Engage in structured activities to develop shared resources and guides.

After the event, the summit organisers will summarise the key outcomes and share the resources publicly.

#Carpentries #ResponsibleAI #AILiteracy #LAMs #Libraries #Archives #Museums

📣 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-friendly Software Carpentry workshop covers Shell, Git, and Python and provides a solid foundation for further self-directed learning.

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 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/software-carpentry-with-python-coding-for-beginners-tickets-1984907754526?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

We can’t wait to learn with you!

#Carpentries #CarpentriesCommunity #CarpentriesWorkshops

The Carpentries is offering Learner-Centred Teaching, a program to help you enhance your evidence-based teaching practices.

Whether you are a novice building foundational skills or an experienced educator sharpening your craft, this is for anyone facilitating learning.

💡 Effective Teaching
🤝 Inclusive Classrooms
🎯 Live Practice

Teaching well isn't just about content; it's about understanding how people learn.

📍 https://carpentries.org/learner-centered-teaching/

📢 Join us tomorrow, 23 July at 12:00 and 19:00 UTC, for the second set of sessions in the GenAI + Teaching Discussion series co-hosted by The Carpentries and the AI Carpentry project.

Tomorrow's calls will be led by Sue McClatchy, Senior Program Manager for Bioinformatics Education at The Jackson Laboratory. 🌟

Sign up on Pretix:

📆 Session 1 @ 12:00 UTC: https://pretix.carpentries.org/community-events/community-sessions/793/

📆 Session 2 @ 19:00 UTC: https://pretix.carpentries.org/community-events/community-sessions/794/

📢 We have some BIG and EXCITING news! On 5 February 2026 our Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve the adoption of @hpccarpentry@hachyderm.io as an official lesson program of The Carpentries, launching on 1 September 2026! https://carpentries.org/blog/2026/02/adopting-hpc-carpentry/ 🚀

From that point, The Carpentries will have four official Lesson Programs: Data Carpentry, Library Carpentry, Software Carpentry, and HPC Carpentry! 🎉

HPC Carpentry teaches foundation skills for high performance computing, through inclusive, accessible, interactive workshops aimed at novices. This makes them a perfect fit with our mission to empower a diverse global community by equipping individuals with essential data and computational skills.

The HPC Carpentry project would not have made it to this pivotal moment without the efforts of many HPC Carpentry community members, past and present. The Carpentries and the Steering Committee of HPC Carpentry wish to thank everyone who has contributed to the project, hosted or taught a workshop, and engaged with the HPC Carpentry community up to now. Your support for the project is highly appreciated.

Read more about this project's journey so far, and find out about some ways that the Carpentries community can get involved, and the work ahead required to adopt a new Lesson Program: https://carpentries.org/blog/2026/02/adopting-hpc-carpentry/

RE: @thecarpentries@hachyderm.io

🐍 Ready to learn Python?

Join our Python: Coding for Beginners workshop and build a strong foundation in programming. No prior coding experience needed!

📅 21–22 July 2026
🕚 11:00 AM –3:00 PM ET (UTC -4)
💻 Online via Zoom

Register now: https://instats.org/seminar/hands-on-python-for-beginners

Our 2025 Annual Report and Financial Statement are now available.

A snapshot of The Carpentries' work, finances, and plans for the year ahead.

📄 Read it here: https://carpentries.org/reports/annual-reports/2025AnnualReport.pdf and https://carpentries.org/reports/financial-reports/2025FinancialStatement.pdf

We’re excited to invite you to our Software Carpentry Python: Coding for Beginners workshop in partnership with Instats!

🗓️ Dates: 22-23 April, 2026
🕙 Time: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm North American Eastern Time (UTC -4)
💻 Location: Zoom

Taught by certified Carpentries Instructors, our #Python workshop is an introduction to programming for those with little or no previous experience.

Welcoming, hands-on and interactive, this workshop teaches the fundamentals of #Python, preparing learners 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.

Interested in learning more? Please use the following link to find costs, full details, and to register: https://instats.org/seminar/plotting-and-programming-in-python

We can’t wait to learn with you! 🌟

EDIT: Updated to add event link.

Keep your skills up-to-date with The Carpentries' new Professional Development courses! 🎓

In just 2-3 hours, build practical skills in GitHub collaboration or learn how to run effective online meetings!

Learn more: https://carpentries.org/professional-development/

Our impact starts with people. Behind every Carpentries workshop is a community of Instructor Trainers, Instructors, Maintainers, and many other contributors working together to build data and computational skills worldwide. 🌍

Instructor Trainers prepare new Instructors in evidence-based teaching practices. Those Instructors then teach workshops that reach hundreds of learners. That’s the multiplier effect at the heart of The Carpentries.

Read the blog: https://carpentries.org/blog/2026/04/how-the-carpentries-community-multiplies-skills-worldwide/

🚀 We’ve launched a new Partnership program to help organisations build sustainable training capacity. Join our upcoming info sessions to learn more:

👉 Session 1: 21 April 2026, 16:30 UTC (Register and find your local time here: https://pretix.carpentries.org/community-events/community-sessions/745/)

👉 Session 2: 22 April 2026, 09:00 UTC (Register and find your local time here: https://pretix.carpentries.org/community-events/community-sessions/746/)

#OpenScience #TheCarpentries #DataSkills

RE: @thecarpentries@hachyderm.io

📢 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!

Earlier this week, our Director of Workshops and Training, SherAaron Hurt, delivered a lecture and workshop as part of the Ashton Speaker Series at the University of New Mexico Libraries, and we are so pleased by how well it went!

Titled "When Expertise Isn't Enough: How Connection and Belonging Sustain Learning", and relying on examples from volunteer-driven educational models, her talk reframed the notion of expertise by exploring how connection, encouragement, and psychological safety shape engagement and persistence in academic learning environments.

We are so grateful also to the Carpentries Instructors at UNM who joined the session! 💙

📢 #Opportunity: Applications are open for the Aspen Policy Academy’s Building Nonprofit Advocacy Capacity short course! This free, part-time, virtual course is perfect for public interest organizations looking to scale their impact and reach new stakeholders.

🗓️ Dates: May 11–15, 2025
⌚ Schedule: Classes from 9-11am PT / 12-2pm ET daily
⏰ Application Deadline: April 5, 2026, at 11:59pm PT

🔗 Learn more and apply here: https://aspenpolicyacademy.org/program/building-nonprofit-advocacy-capacity/

#AspenPolicyAcademy #PolicyTraining #NonprofitLeaders #Advocacy #PublicPolicy #ProfessionalDevelopment #FreeCourse #VirtualLearning #NonprofitResource

This week, our Executive Director @drkariljordan@mastodon.social 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, and gain insights into what other projects are doing.

It's been a busy week away from the office for our Director of Curriculum Toby Hodges 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-related sessions.

Toby's talk, "Training to Protect Research Integrity in the Age of AI-assisted Coding," explored some of the open questions surrounding the use of LLMs for coding in research, including: what role should RSEs take in an environment where it has never been easier for researchers to produce code? https://events.hifis.net/event/2945/contributions/21155/

The talk was very well attended and received lots of really positive feedback afterwards about the direction the AI Carpentry project is headed, giving us confidence that we are on the right track. Thanks everyone for your contributions to the project so far!

And thank you, Toby, for all that you do for The Carpentries and our curricula! 🙏💙

RE: @thecarpentries@hachyderm.io

📢 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: https://carpentries.org/blog/2026/04/maintainer-onboading/

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 data science and programming.

🖥️ Event: Glosario Co-Working
📆 Date: Wednesday, 15 April
⏰️️ Time: 15:00 UTC

Sign up on Pretix: https://pretix.carpentries.org/community-events/community-sessions/744/

#DataScience

Congratulations to all the prize winners of The Carpentries Duck Hunt 🐤 at #PyConUS! 🎉 Meeting all of you was a lot of fun!

But we're still here. Pop by and say hi to our Executive Director @drkariljordan@mastodon.social & Associate Director of Technology, Maneesha Sane, at our booth (622).

📢 Then tomorrow, May 18, don't miss Kari's closing keynote at 3.15 to 4PM EDT at Hall B. 🥳 Excited to share #Python for Good stories from our community!

The Carpentries is calling for volunteers to onboard as Maintainers to support our lessons.

For the first time, we are also onboarding Maintainers for our newest Lesson Program @hpccarpentry@hachyderm.io.

⏰ Applications close on 13 April anywhere on Earth.

Details: https://carpentries.org/blog/2026/04/maintainer-onboading/

📢 We recently released some updates on AMY, our community data management software, and we are calling on our Instructors, Instructor Trainers, Maintainers, and all other Carpentries 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 outdated information on your AMY profile. 🙏

Keeping your AMY profile up to date allows us to connect the right people to the right opportunities, strengthen regional support, recognise your contributions, and measure the real impact of our programs around the world. 💙

Please update your profile now: https://carpentries.org/blog/2026/03/please-update-your-amy-profile/

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.

Their generosity, and the generosity of everyone who supported the summit by contributing their time and funds, is greatly appreciated. This donation will go a long way in supporting our efforts towards securing the continued sustainability of The Carpentries and its mission.

Congratulations 👏 to the organisers for the resounding success of the inaugural event, and we thank them once again for their donation to The Carpentries. 🙏 We are very excited for the summit's continued growth from strength to strength, and can't wait to support its future iterations.

Last week The Carpentries attended the 2025 Annual Convention of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)!

Dr. Sarah Brown led a Software Carpentry Python Workshop to a packed room of eager learners, equipping them with fundamental programming and data skills to support their engineering and research journeys.

We’re honored to have been part of this milestone year—congratulations to NSBE on 50 years of excellence, innovation, and impact! 🎉
#CarpentriesWorkshops #NSBE2025 #NSBE50

Photo Credit: Kari L. Jordan @drkariljordan@mastodon.social

🐍 Using #PythonForGood? Tell us how Python is helping you make a difference! 🌍

Whether you are using Python to make an impact in your community, research, or classroom, your story could be featured in the #PyConUS 2025 keynote by our Executive Director, Dr. Kari L. Jordan (@drkariljordan@mastodon.social).

🔗Submit your story! https://carpentries.typeform.com/to/nkRxLsri
#OpenScience #Python #TheCarpentries #PyConUS

📅 Upcoming community sessions next week
https://carpentries.org/community/#community-events Events are in UTC Time :

📣 CarpentriesOffline Community Meeting
04 December 2024 15:30

🇺🇸 US Midwest Community Call
04 December 2024 18:00.

📣 Workshop Debrief and Teaching Discussion
04 December 2024 19:00

📣 HPC Carpentry Community Call
UTC Time: 05 December 2024, 12:00 and 22:00

RE: @rainbowR@tech.lgbt

Last week, two members of The Carpentries Core Team, Associate Director Erin Becker and Communications Manager @oscarsibabalwe@mastodon.social, attended the @rainbowR@tech.lgbt conference, and enjoyed engaging with the rainbowR community so much! 🌈

To get involved in the activities this community, check out this page: conference.rainbowr.org/after

RE: @thecarpentries@hachyderm.io

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

Join us next week Tuesday for a Community Session reviewing the procedures taken by the Carpentries Code of Conduct Committee when an incident (a report about a Code of Conduct violation) is reported by the community.

We will discuss what happens "behind the scenes" and highlight some key decision points.

🖥️ Event: Code of Conduct Violation Reporting: What Happens?
📆 Date: Tuesday, 7 April
⏰️ Time: 15:30 UTC

Sign up on Pretix: https://pretix.carpentries.org/community-events/community-sessions/743/

📢 HPC Carpentry Meeting – July 16 @ 13:00 Central European Time

View the draft agenda here (https://codimd.carpentries.org/SX5lpGdhQViCjCAq1NvbNg ) - feedback is welcome. We'll cover the draft snippet policy, SC26 BoF, Magic Castle scheduling, and updates to the beta lesson site and array-rehabilitation PRs.

See you there!

RE: @thecarpentries@hachyderm.io

ICYMI -- Reminder that the first of two sessions is taking place in a few hours later today, starting at 15h00 UTC:

At the beginning of last year, we announced that The Carpentries would sunset support for our previous lesson infrastructure, 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴, at the end of last year.

Over the last twelve months, lesson developers either transitioned their repositories to The Carpentries Workbench or requested that the Curriculum Team make the transition for them. Recently, the Curriculum Team has been archiving repositories that had not migrated to the Workbench.

Our latest blog post reports and reflects on the progress made during this migration process: https://carpentries.org/blog/2026/02/end-of-support-for-styles/

Thank you to everyone who helped make this process a success, to the developers and Maintainers of the 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴 infrastructure that this community built so many fantastic lessons with over the years, and to the developers and contributors to the Workbench who are carrying this work into the future! 🙏

Join us next week for one of two Lesson Developer Community Meetings! 🌟

These are open 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

Sign up on Pretix.

👉 Session 1 (10:00 UTC): https://pretix.carpentries.org/community-events/community-sessions/464/

👉 Session 2 (22:00 UTC): https://pretix.carpentries.org/community-events/community-sessions/465/

Our Executive Director @drkariljordan@mastodon.social will be speaking at the upcoming workshop convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Education and Workforce Trajectories in Tech.

🗣️ Session Title: How AI is Influencing the Tech Workforce
🗓️ Date: Monday, 30 March 2026
⏰ Time: 2:50–4:20 PM EST

Registration is open to the public, and we invite the Carpentries community and broader network to join us: https://events.nationalacademies.org/46359

Kari will be joined by an incredible group of leaders to explore how AI is reshaping technical roles, redefining core competencies, and transforming how organisations build and support their workforce. From upskilling strategies to new partnership models, the conversation will tackle what it takes to thrive in an AI-integrated world.

This is an important conversation for anyone thinking about the future of work, education, and the evolving role of human expertise in an AI-driven world. We invite the Carpentries community and broader network to join us. Register and be part of the discussion shaping the future of the tech workforce.

Join us next week for a Q&A community session with Library Carpentries Governance Committee (LCGC).

What does the LCGC do? How can they support your work as Carpentries Instructors, Maintainers, or building your local community?

📆 Date: Wednesday, 22 July

Sign up on Pretix:

Session 1 - @ 15:00 UTC

https://pretix.carpentries.org/community-events/community-sessions/790/

Session 2 - @ 22:00 UTC
https://pretix.carpentries.org/community-events/community-sessions/791/

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 Python workshop, with Syreeta Thomas as helper.

Moreover, our Executive Director @drkariljordan@mastodon.social and our Director of Workshops and Training, SherAaron Hurt, are also in attendance! 💙 👏

Wishing everyone a fruitful convening at #NSBE2026!

Why do organisations partner with The Carpentries? To build sustainable training capacity for data and computational skills.

Our global community now includes:

72 countries with workshops
5,382 instructors
185 Instructor Trainers
4,950 workshops delivered.

Partnerships can include combinations of:

- Instructor Training seats
- Collaborative Lesson Development training seats
- professional development in digital workforce skills
- consultation and support for building local communities of practice.

The goal is not just to run workshops. It is to help organisations grow their own training communities. Read more in our latest blog post: https://carpentries.org/blog/2026/04/why-partner-with-the-carpentries/

#TheCarpentries #OpenScience #DataSkills #ResearchComputing

👏 Hearty congratulations to our subcommunity in New Zealand/Aotearoa for organising and hosting a successful CarpentryConnect event earlier this week! 🎉

The Carpentries' expansion and stability of its communities in different regions of the world are made possible by the self-directed activities of subcommunity members in those regions. We are extremely excited and proud, therefore, to have had another successful, subcommunity-organised regional #CarpentryConnect event!

We are also so pleased our Executive Director @drkariljordan@mastodon.social was able to attend and deliver a keynote! And we also wish to extend thanks to all the attendees and guest speakers, including Tom Pollard, Christopher Endemann, Iva Momcheva, Olga Mineava and Giulia Crocioni.

(Photos provided by The Carpentries member of the Board of Directors, Nisha Ghatak. 🙏 )

Join us for a hands-on session on how to create a website for your Carpentries workshop. You will learn the basics of setting up and managing a workshop site, with guided support throughout.

🖥️ Event: Creating a Workshop Website Skill-up 🛠️
📆 Date: Thursday, 2 April
⏰️ Time: 08:30 UTC

You will need a GitHub account to participate in this session.

Sign up on Pretix: https://pretix.carpentries.org/community-events/community-sessions/742/

📢 The Carpentries is calling for volunteers from the Data Carpentry community to become Lesson Program Governors (LPGCs) for the project.

LPGCs oversee the strategy of the lesson program, advocate for the project in their networks, and act as a point of contact for the project e.g., liaising with the Board of Directors, the Core Team, and the wider community.

🗓️ 🕐 Applications close by the end of Tuesday 10th March 2026 (anywhere on Earth).

Find out more about this call, and how to apply, in our latest blog post: https://carpentries.org/blog/2026/02/join-the-data-carpentry-governance-committee/

If you are a Carpentries community member based in Germany and you want to apply for this, please reach out to our Director of Curriculum, Toby Hodges, and let him know how he can support you! https://www.sovereign.tech/news/2026-fellowship-applications-open

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: 3 March
⏰️ Time: 09:30 UTC

You will learn the basics of setting up and managing a workshop site, with guided support throughout. You will need a GitHub account.

Sign up on Pretix: https://pretix.carpentries.org/community-events/community-sessions/463/

RE: @thecarpentries@hachyderm.io

Ready to start your Python journey?

Join our hands-on workshop and learn how to:

✅ Automate repetitive tasks
✅ Write functions and use conditionals
✅ Create data visualisations

No prior programming experience required.

21–22 July
11:00–3:00 (UTC−4)
Online

Register: https://instats.org/seminar/hands-on-python-for-beginners

📣 Last chance to share your feedback in The Carpentries 2026 Community Survey!

Help us understand what works well, what could be improved, and how we can better support our global community.

The survey takes about 5 minutes to complete. Every response helps us ensure decisions are informed by a broader range of community experiences.
📋 https://forms.gle/5RL4UVkNoYRvKhqD8