The lack of public awareness of the danger of disposing cooking oil waste directly to the ground is one of the reason for UNY students who participating in community service program in Jaranmati 1 Hamlet to held training on recycling waste cooking oil into soap. The Training on making soap from used cooking oil by students of the KKN RM UNY K027 was carried out on Sunday, July 28, 2019. There are 15 members of local youth organization and 5 housewives from Jaranmati 1 Hamlet who participated on the training.

Information technology has boost the progress of distance education through the implementation of e-learning. Blended Learning as a learning mode that combines the benefit of e-learning with the peculiarities of face-to-face learning has been favorable learning mode. In this learning mode, students are expected to be active, creative and collaborative in order to obtain optimal benefit. Varied and challenging online activities need to be created by lecturers in implementing the BL learning.

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta held “Lecturer Assignment to School Program” (Penugasan Dosen di Sekolah/PDS) to strengthen and increasing collaboration between university and school. There are two schemes in PDS activities, the first in the form of PDS activities in partner schools and the second in the form of follow-up PDS results into lectures on campus. This program is a continuation of the same program as well as a mandate from the Directorate of Learning, Directorate General of Learning and Student Affairs, Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education.

UNY students who participating in community service program in Mlaran Village held farming counseling support for local farmers. Students who facilitate this program joined the K099 students community service group. There are two farming counselors from the sub-district invited by UNY students. This program has attracted 17 farmer representatives from RW 5 and RW 4 Mlaran Village, Gebang District, Purworejo.

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences UNY won an award at the Anugerah Bapeten 2019 held on July 24, 2019 at the Bidakara hotel in Jakarta. Bapeten (Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency) acknowledge the effort on Nuclear Safety and Security conducted in the Research and Calibration category.

The award was given by the Head of Bapeten Prof. Dr. Jazi Eko Istiyanto and was received by the Head of the Department of Physics UNY, Nur Kadarisman, M.Sc. Nur Kadarisman explained that there were only 2 universities in Indonesia that received this award, namely UNY and UGM.

It’s time to change mindset to be successful in digital era. Teacher must be able to use various media. It's not the time for the teacher to just sit behind the desk. It will be productive for teacher to run the class through interesting activities or meaningful explanation. These statements are state by UNY Rector, Sutrisna Wibawa in the briefing for Field Introduction Practice for Professional Teacher Program stage 2 in UNY.