Miftahudin Nur Ihsan, a graduate of Chemistry Education, Yogyakarta State University (YSU) recently grabbed the 1st position in the 2016 Youth Business Innovation Competition in the field of Entrepreneurship organized by Youth Center BPO DIY, Yogyakarta Special Province. In the final stage held at the Youth Center BPO DIY on 23 June 2016, Miftahudin Nur Ihsan brought Smart Batik Indonesia to grab the top score.

Yogyakarta State University (YSU) will send a number of students for having a teaching practice in Thailand. The official facilitator of such an agenda is LPPMP (Institute for the Education Development and Quality Assurance) in collaboration with the Office of International Affairs and Partnerships (OIAP) of YSU. There will be 4 students ready to depart on 17 July 2016, namely Yonis Iman Sari and Aini Nu Rahmah from English Education, and Andina Yuliana Dewi and Nurul Purnaningsih from Mathematics Education. Each student will have teaching practice organized by 4 Thailand universities.

The case of sexual abuse experienced by children and teenagers becomes increasingly worrying. The data released by Yayasan Kita and Buah Hati foundation indicates 67% of 2.818 elementary school children admitted they have ever accessed porn sites on the internet. In addition, Indonesia Child Protection Commission conducted a survey among 100 teenagers aged 14 – 18 and 30% of them have made sexual intercouse.

YSU’s student research activity unit won at the event of International Engineering Invention Innovation Exhibition (I-ENVEX) 2016 in Universiti Malaysia Perlis recently.

Students of Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science (FMNS), Yogyakarta State University (YSU), namely Herianto from Natural Science Education, Lailatul Fitriyah from Biology Education and Arum Wiranti from Chemistry initiated Qur'anic Studies App for students of junior high schools / madrasah tsanawiyah. The application was entitled “Integrating Science and Religion through Autoplay Media Studio-based Learning Media Development for Natural Sciences on the Material ‘Human Creation’.

Indonesia is one of the countries often hit by natural disasters, one of which is flood. Flood is caused mostly by irresponsible littering, leading to clogged drains or aqueduct. The problem of flood actually can be resolved with ease if factors causing the flood can be seen directly. In fact, this issue becomes much more complicated because most of the aqueducts are closed, making it quite hard to check.

SMEs have become one of the important aspects in the economy in Indonesia. Central Statistics Agency (BPS) in 2009 shows that SMEs account for 56.92% of the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Indonesia, or equivalent to Rp 1213.25 trillion. SMEs, in Indonesia, generally do not have the financial information that is transparent and well organized, making the credit providers face difficulties in obtaining information on their financial condition and business.

Plastic is the most often material used in the society. Both rural and urban societies depend much on the use of plastic, namely plastic bag. Plastic has some advantages, including light-weight, flexible, and easy to use. Unfortunately, it also has several weaknesses, as it causes abundant plastic waste. A large number of plastic waste causes environmental pollution, where plastic takes 200-400 or even 1000 years to decompose. These problems eventually motivated five students of Yogyakarta State University (YSU) to innovate by utilizing plastic waste for making pretty graduation dolls.

People tend to consume foods that contain high carbohydrates and saturated fats such as deep fried foods which are potential to build up high cholesterol. People have been familiar to consume carbohydrates more than proteins and fibers. This is evidenced by the composition of carbohydrate consumption in Indonesia that is still around 70 – 80% of the total daily calories, whereas it actually should be 45 – 60% of total daily calories. In our metabolism, excessive carbohydrate will be converted into fats.

In the recent years, 2013 Curriculum (K13) and School-Based Curriculum (KTSP) have been enacted in schools. Both curricula require quality learning process, with the use of proper learning. A group of students of the Faculty of Education, Yogyakarta State University (YSU) responded to such a quality improvement challenge by conducting research with the title Media Development of Si-Kbayan with the theme of “The Beauty of Togetherness” for Grade IV Elementary School Students. Surprisingly, the research were granted fund from the Ministry of Research and Higher Education.