We’re celebrating @isabelizimm as she steps down from her active editor role at pyOpenSci 💜
From Editor in Chief to triage team, Isabel has guided countless reviews with clarity, kindness, and a deep commitment to open science.
She now becomes an Emeritus Editor—still part of our community, always appreciated.
Thank you, Isabel!
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📢 We’re excited to welcome Mandy Moore as pyOpenSci’s new Communications and Community Lead!
Mandy brings 15+ years of experience in marketing, content strategy, podcast production, and community engagement.
Read her intro post: https://www.pyopensci.org/blog/mandy-moore-communications-lead.html
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📢 Exciting news—Eliot Robson is our new rotating Editor in Chief! 🎉
A past package submitter and reviewer, Eliot brings experience and a collaborative spirit to guiding pyOpenSci’s peer review process—helping maintainers make scientific Python packages more robust, reusable, and sustainable.
💛 Join us in congratulating him!
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What’s getting in the way of maintaining and sharing your research software? 👀
At #SciPy2025 pyOpenSci hosted a Birds of a Feather (BoF) to ask that very question, and the community showed up with insight, vulnerability, and solutions.
From confusing packaging tools to cultural barriers in academia, we break down the biggest pain points and what we’re doing next.
👉 https://www.pyopensci.org/blog/pyopensci-bof-community-scipy-2025.html
We held an incredibly informative community session this year at the SciPy meeting in Tacoma Washington. We asked the community what their open source Python pain points were. Learn more about what we learned in this interactive session.
🚨 You don’t have to be a software engineer to contribute to scientific open source!
At pyOpenSci, we believe good science needs good software, and that means contributions of all kinds:
🛠️ Code
📚 Docs
🧠 Ideas
🤝 Reviews
💛 Encouragement
Whether you’re a researcher, educator, or someone just curious about open source, we have space for you. 🤩
🔗 Learn how to get started: https://www.pyopensci.org/python-package-guide/
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Thrilled to welcome Philip Narteh as pyOpenSci’s first open source infrastructure intern! 💛
Backed by Quansight Labs, Melissa Mendonça & Tania Allard, he’ll help migrate our site to Django—bringing accessibility expertise with him.
👋 Welcome, Philip!
It’s the weekend, but we’re still thinking about all the contributors who showed up for open science this month!
💛 If you contributed to pyOpenSci recently, we see you.
👀 Curious about contributing? We’ve got starter issues + human-first docs to help you begin.
✨ Your code matters. Your contribution matters. You belong here. ✨
📖 What we’ve been up to: https://www.pyopensci.org/blog/pyopensci-at-scipy-2025
📚 How to contribute: https://www.pyopensci.org/python-package-guide/
📅 Events: https://www.pyopensci.org/events
Join our hands-on #SciPy2025 workshop led by Leah Wasser, Inessa Pawson, Carol Willing & Tetsuo Koyama.
You’ll:
✅ Build your own Python package
✅ Learn best practices
✅ Publish to TestPyPI
✅ Get packaging resources + community support
No installs needed—GitHub Codespaces works too!
📅 July 8, 8am–12pm PT
📍 Room 316, Greater Tacoma Convention Center
Workshop info: https://www.pyopensci.org/events/pyopensci-scipy25-create-python-package-workshop.html
More SciPy events: https://www.pyopensci.org/blog/pyopensci-at-scipy-2025.html
@curioss We’re thrilled to be part of this initiative! 🌟
Huge thanks to @leahawasser, Zach, and Francesca for shining a light on the power of collaboration between institutional #OSPOs and community-led efforts like @pyOpenSci.
Looking forward to more shared learning around peer review, Python packaging, and open source community care! 💛
pyOpenSci
JR Rickerson 