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 title: "Highlights from SciPy 2025: Building Community, Code, and Culture"
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+excerpt: "Explore pyOpenSci’s highlights from SciPy 2025—from Python packaging workshops and talks to first-time contributions, collaboration, and open science in action."
 author: "pyopensci"
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+    <img src="/images/events/scipy-2025/pixi-workshop.png" alt="A room full of attendees at the pyOpenSci packaging workshop during SciPy 2025, all seated and coding on laptops.">
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+    <img src="/images/events/scipy-2025/bof-discussions-pyopensci.png" alt="Small group discussion at pyOpenSci’s Packaging Pain Points BoF session at SciPy 2025, with participants seated in a circle sharing insights.">
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+    <img src="/images/events/scipy-2025/pyopensci-python-packaging-workshop.png" alt="A woman Leah Wasser, smiling at the podium while preparing to present at a pyOpenSci workshop at SciPy 2025, with attendees gathered behind her.">
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