Lots of neat stuff in this month's update! My faves:

1) O nosso guia agora é trilíngue (Inglês, Espanhol e Português)!

2) @mpadge's {pkgmatch} is now run on all new package submissions, helping authors and editors find reviewers and prior art! https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues/671#issuecomment-4117805740

#RStats

https://hachyderm.io/@rOpenSci/116317252225898305

📢 R Project Sprint 2026

🏢 University of Birmingham / Remote
📅 Tue 1 - Thu 3 Sept

✨ Travel funding available ✨

Apply by Friday 8 May to join this free event to collaborate on contributions to #RStats.
https://contributor.r-project.org/r-project-sprint-2026

#RSprint2026

March news! 🗞️ #RStats

🌐 rOpenSci Dev Guide 1.0.0: Trilingual and Improved

🙌 Champions Program Update

🚀 R-Universe update

🔎 Software review and usage of AI tools

🤖 Software review bot updates

📆 Coworking

🐦 New package {suwo}

👋 Call for contributions & new maintainers

🗒️ Blog posts!

🧰 Package Development Corner

https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/03/30/news-mars-2026/

First Keynote Announcement for uRos2026
We are excited to reveal our first keynote speaker for the Use of R in Official Statistics Conference 2026 (uRos2026):
🎤 Rebecca Killick
Professor & Director of Research, Lancaster University
Rebecca Killick is a leading expert in statistical methodology, with a strong focus on nonstationary time series analysis and applications across domains such as energy, finance, health, and official statistics.
Her work bridges real-world problems and innovative methodology, always with a strong commitment to open-source software and reproducible research.
Keynote Talk: “R and Open-Source: A love story”
In this keynote, Rebecca will reflect on over 20 years of working with R and open-source.

📅 Stay tuned for more speakers and details!
#uRos2026 #OfficialStatistics #RStats #OpenSource #DataScience #Statistics #rOpenSci #ReproducibleResearch

#rstats I'm very happy to announce Jarl 0.5.0!

Jarl is a very fast R linter, written in Rust. This release brings many improvements and fixes:

- check R code chunks in R Markdown and Quarto docs
- check "@examples" and "@examplesIf" sections if you use roxygen2
- detect unused or duplicated functions in pkgs
- rules on specific pkgs, e.g. on `dplyr::filter()`, are now possible. Feel free to suggest more and in other pkgs too!

Post: https://www.etiennebacher.com/posts/2026-03-23-jarl-0.5.0/

Changelog: https://jarl.etiennebacher.com/changelog

#JeRecrute un ou une #dataengineer pour le datalab de #VIGINUM, le service en charge de la lutte contre les ingérences numériques étrangères en France.

N'hésitez pas à postuler.

https://www.welcometothejungle.com/fr/companies/viginum/jobs/ingenieur-data-viginum-h-f_paris

#dataeng #pythonjob #disinfo #fimi

We’re excited to host a panel on:
Working Smarter in R: Tips, Tricks & Real-World Lessons

📅 April 22, 2026
⏰ 6 PM - 7 PM BST / 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT

Join an amazing group of speakers as they share:
- Productivity tips & workflows
- Data cleaning strategies
- Data visualisation & communication
- Debugging approaches
- Advanced R practices
•- Lessons learned along the way

Featuring:
@nrenniefosstodon.org, @paocorralesfosstodon.org, @meghansharrisfosstodon.org, Soraya Campbell, @ivelasq3fosstodon.org & Crystal Lewis 💜

🔗 https://www.meetup.com/rladies-remote/events/313908392/

#RStats #RLadies