Gadung (Dioscorea hispida Dennst) belongs to plant tubers native to Indonesia that are not cultivated but grow naturally. This time, gadung is cooked with flour or processed into gadung crisps, whereas gadung has potential to cure varying diseases, especially Chronic Cholecystitis, a kind of gallbladder inflammatory. Therefore, it is necessary to make innovations to treat Chronic Cholecystitis naturally by using flour made from gadung.

Wonderful Indonesia totally displayed its charms at Chingay Night Fiesta 2016 in Singapore. In the pre-parade at F1 Pit Stop, the Carnival team of the Faculty of Engineering, Yogyakarta State University (UNY), who won the Grand Champion World Costume Festival 2013, has participated and brought the culture of Yogyakarta.

As an effort to continue producing competitive graduates in the global era, Faculty of Sport Science, Yogyakarta State University (FSS YSU) is always trying to dynamically increase the competence of lecturers and students. This vision is actualized by cooperating with Klima Anlage Jaya Limited in the dissemination and promotion of the handball sport. A subsidiary of PT New Armada is very concerned with the sport in Indonesia, especially handball. Vice Dean of FSS YSU, Dr. Or.

A face mask is one of natural skin care methods, particularly for whitening, smoothing as well as moisturizing face. Up to these days, face masks are still highly demanded by public in general, particularly women for facial care and maintaining appearance. In addition to face masks, several other face care products have persistently produced with variations in the ingredients used, namely Yam bean, rice, chocolates, and much more. The ingredients must come from nature that provide a lot of benefits and minimize side effects.

AKSIMASA or Akuntansi Masuk Desa (Accounting Goes to Villages) comic for optimizing accounting standard in managing village fund has brought the delegates of YSU, namely Tegar Galang Anantha (Accounting 2014) and Safira Alma Choirunisa (Accounting 2013) to be the Second Runner Up in Accounting Writing Competition (AWC). The competition is part of 9th Hasanuddin Accounting Days (Hadays) in University of Hassanudin Makassar (11-15/2). This year, the event carried the topic of “Bringing Village Fund into Transparency and Accountability for Fair Allocation”.

ASEAN community is just around the corner. In the next few years, we should be ready for a flux of workforce from ASEAN countries entering Indonesia. Competition is getting tougher, everyone is challenged to have qualified skills in their respective fields in order not to be crushed by the demands of this era. Youth as the spearhead of civilization are also required to be able to show its role in the development of the country and establish good relations with other countries.

The Office of International Affairs and Partnerships (OIAP), Yogyakarta State University (YSU) again held selection of tutors for Indonesian for Non-native Speakers (INS) program. Unlike the other previous selections, this current selection is intended to look for Javanese language and culture tutors. This is a new, official program, included in a series of INS programs.

Students of Faculty of Mathematics and Science (FMS), Yogyakarta State University (YSU), managed to obtain a satisfactory result in the event of 2016 National Scientific Writing Competition Agrofest at the Education University of Indonesia (EUI). The students are Herianto (Natural Science Education), May Rina Nuraini (Chemistry), and Mutiara Khalida (Mathematics Education). The collaboration of these departments successfully result in the winning of the first prize, while the runner-up was achieved by the host that is EUI, and the third prize was won by the University of Padjadjaran.

In order to promote culture, traditional customs, and Islam in Thailand, while stimulating economic growth in the area of southern Thailand, the city government of Mueang Yala organized the annual agenda of Melayu Day of Yala on 12 to 14 February 2016. Melayu Day of Yala has been held three times in the city. Some neighboring countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia were reported to attend the agenda. In this event, the Yogyakarta State University (YSU) is one of the universities that represented Indonesia on the agenda.

A total of 11 students from Yala Rajabhat University of Thailand follow the credit transfer program at the Faculty of Mathematics and Science (FMS), Yogyakarta State University (YSU). They will study for one semester starting in February 2016. Those who study comprise of 3 students of Department of Physics Education, 3 students of Department of Chemistry Education, and 5 students of Department of Biology Education. The meeting between students and teachers was held on Friday, (2/12) in the faculty meeting room.