September 6 - 19, 2015: A Retreat, New Mentors, Instructor Training Update, Preparing Researchers, Interactive Excercises, and a Student's Experience.

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• Interesting research on transferring teaching knowledge is summarised in a few excerpts from relevant papers. See how Software Carpentry practices compare to other published work in this field.
• Dustin Heaton and Jeffrey Carver published an article on software engineering practices in science.
• Joshua Ryan Smith and Marty McGuire recently ran a commercial workshop based on Software Carpentry materials. Read about their experience and recommendations.
• The mentoring subcommittee provided great tips from a number of workshops. They specifically mention the use of capstone excercises and domain-specific examples, explaining git at the hand of a recipe, and how to use the etherpad.
• 13 workshops were run over the last 14 days. For full details on previous workshops please visit our website.
• Several workshops have been confirmed for the next few months. Upcoming workshops can be viewed on our website. Newly added workshops are indicated with "*".
• September: University of Waterloo*, University of British Columbia*, National Institute of Standards and Technology*, Booth School of Business, U. Chicago*, Conestoga College*, ICPSR Official Representatives*, Oxford*, University of Queensland
• October: University of Sydney - Charles Perkins Centre*, James Cook University, JoziHub*, Virginia Tech*, COMBINE - University of Sydney*, Acadia University*, University of Michigan, Jackson Laboratory*, University of Washington - Seattle*, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine*, Calcul Quebec, Universite Laval*
• November: European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Australia*