ASENet is an activity in the field of entrepreneurship which aims to increase collaboration and network expansion for young entrepreneurs so that they can synergize together to build the economy in ASEAN. ASENet 2018 is the second time that the University of Syiah Kuala hosted. ASENet has also been successfully implemented by Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in 2016. ASENET 2018 activities were attended by 85 participants from various universities at home and abroad. This kind of activity is very important as a place for young entrepreneurs to communicate and share their thoughts.

“Earth is the only living place. If the earth is damaged, thereis no other place can replace it,” as Dr. Naning Pranoto, MA said while opening his dicussion on Workshop in Ecofeminism: Ecofeminist Literary Critisism.

Shell Eco-marathon (SEM) Asia, an energy-efficient car competition take place in Singapore, March 7-11, 2018 has been done. Drivers’ World Championship (DWC) Asia regional event, a race competition for the winner of the concept in SEM 2018, were held as a closing. Three Indonesia teams from Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Sepuluh November Institute of Technology (ITS), and Yogyakarta State University succed in becoming Asia’s representatives in after winning the big three in this competition.

Faculty of Social Sciences Yogyakarta State University (FIS UNY) held Stadium General with the theme "Disaster Prevention Education" on Thursday (15/2). The event that took place in the Big Room of the second floor of LPPM UNY Building presented Prof. Kiyoko Majima from Aichi University of Education Japan as a speaker. Hundreds of participants consisting of students of IPS Education Department, Geography Education and State Administration Science and lecturer of FIS UNY attended the stadium general event which was guided directly by Utami Dewi, M.PP.

The digital age is hard to predict, where people can relate without dealing with time and place. Includes a digital library that is disruption today. The library does not seem tohave a book when the number of collections quite a lot even if not visible. The digital era utilizes facilities from around the world, and everyone can connect virtually. This was stated by General Director Belmawa Kemenristekdikti, Intan Ahmad in soft launching digital library and e-learning UNY, Thursday (8/3). It is said that now international seminar can be done digitally using video conference network.

Eco-Marathon is an annual competition sponsored by Shell, where participants create a special vehicle that can perform as efficient fuel efficiency as possible. The Eco-Marathon is held around the world and has been held in Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, the United States and Malaysia. The competition was participated by various participants ranging from amateurs to college teams and motor vehicle companies with various designs. Year 2018 Eco-Marathon held in Singapore on 7-11 March.

The availability of uneven and inexpensive water supply equipment, geographical location, access limitations, rising human population growth, and pollution of clean water sources, have an impact on the health and availability of clean water. This condition is the background of a number of students from Yogyakarta State University to create an innovative water purifier to overcome the problem of the availability of clean water is very limited. This innovation tool called REOSQUIDO.

A total of 10 students from Yala Rajabhat University (YRU) followed the credit transfer program from January to June 2018 at FMIPA UNY. The students were enrolled in Biology 7 students and 3 chemistry professors. The reception was held on Friday (2/1/18) in the faculty siding room attended by the Deans, Vice Deans I, Head of Dept and the Head of the Study Program of Chemistry and Biology.

As part of the development step towards World Class University, Yogyakarta State University continues to work together with universities / related institutions, major from abroad. Referring to the commitment, Yogyakarta State University signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with one of the Polish universities, University of Gdansk - at the Main Senate Meeting Room on Wednesday (31/01/2018). The University of Gdansk (UG) is one of the top universities in Poland with an EECA ranking of 83 in 2017.