Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta held Disaster Preparedness Day commemoration as part of commitment for preparedness, responsiveness in preventing and reducing disaster risk. UNY Leaders and K3 team formally signing a joint commitment followed by a declaration of preparedness on 26 April 2019. The declaration led by Prof. Edi Purwanta, M.Pd as Vice Rector II of UNY. The declaration strictly stress on the importance of UNY  to prevent and reduce disaster risk by always creating  safe, healthy, orderly, clean, cool, friendly and green environment.

UNY Institute of Research and Community Service(IRCS) held pre-social community service on Sunday 28 April 2019. The program conducted  in Seloharjo, Pundong, bantul.  Siswantoyo, Secretary of IRCS UNY, expressed his gratitude to Seloharjo community for supporting the program. Capacity development of Early Childhood Education Teachers and Info Session about disability were completed activities done on 28 April 2019. In addition there is also culinary training in Goa Jepang Seloharjo.

UNY aims to boost further international collaboration. One of the efforts is by opening more opportunities for lecturer from UNY and respected partner university to have real research collaboration, sharing session and international lecturer exchange. For this reason, UNY supported Dwi Harsono, Ph.D, lecturer in the Department of Public administration UNY, to participate in visiting professor program. Dwi Harsono, Ph.D is visiting Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Malaysia  from 17 April to 3 May 2019. This visit has reciprocal approach because UiTM has sent Prof. Dr.

Kontes Robot Indonesia (KRI) or Indonesia Robot Contest is a robot competition for all universities in Indonesia. This competition is held at regional and national level. On April 27, 2019, UNY Robotics Team has competed in regional 3 level. At this level, university who participated coming from Yogyakarta, Central Java and Kalimantan. Universitas Jendral Sudirman became the host for the event.

Indonesia has many natural material to offer for textile use. Unfortunately, the use of plant as natural material for textile and batik craftsmanship has not been used optimally. Most of craftsmen prefer to use synthetic dyes that is potentially harmful for the environment. It is interesting to note that many plants has the potential as dyestuffs. The colour produced from natural material has been acknowledged for its unique characteristic and giving a high selling value for fashion use.

Industrial Revolution 4.0 Era is characterized by uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. To deal with it, those who teach have to mastering digital skills. Such message is pointed out at the national seminar held by UKMF Reality on 14 April 2019. The national seminar theme which themed “Optimizing the Role of Millennial Generation in Industrial Revolution 4.0” has invite two speakers. There are Dr. Samto from Ministry of Education and Culture and Prof. Dr. Sugiyono, M.Pd from Faculty of Engineering UNY.

Garuda UNY Team met the rector to confirm the next participation in the Shell Eco Marathon Asia 2019. The competition will be held in Sepang Circuit, Malaysia on April 28 to May 4 2019. This competition will challenge the team to present a fuel-efficient vehicle. There are 150 teams from various countries such as Japan, China, Indonesia and New Zealand.

Faculty of Engineering UNY held and industrial practice briefing for students from 7 departments. There are Civil Engineering and Planning Department, Electrical Engineering Education Department, Electronics Engineering Education Department, Culinary and Fashion Education Department, Automotive Engineering Education Department and Mechanical Engineering Department. The briefing is set to provide supporting knowledge and technical overview before students getting first-hand experience on the industrial workplace.

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 The Rector of Yogyakarta State University (UNY) officially sent off the Garuda UNY Team to compete in the Asia Regional Shell Eco Marathon competition. This competition will be held on April 29, 2019. Garuda UNY Team will compete with other participants from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia and China. According to Dr. Zainal Arifin, M.T. as the advisor of the Garuda UNY Team, the team preparation was different from the previous year.

In supporting the need of affordable or even free place to learn for local communities, semi autonomous unit of IPA Mengajar HIMAIPA UNY officially opened their program offering free place to learn named “BSO IPA mengajar” on Thursday, March 7th in Pringwulung, Condongcatur, Depok, Sleman, D.I. Yogyakarta.