Sports or physical exercise is an integral part of efforts to improve health and fitness status. A person with low physical activity has a higher risk of various health problems. In addition to playing a role in promotive and preventive efforts, exercise is also crucial in therapy and rehabilitation programs for multiple types of health disorders. The planned and structured exercise involves repetitive body movements to improve physical fitness.

Efforts to improve the quality of education must be sustainable. For this reason, the Directorate General of Teachers and Education Personnel of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia held an Academic Selection Test for Teacher Professional Education in Position. This program selects teachers with a bachelor's degree qualification for the Educator Certificate.

The Garuda EV-22 Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) electric car team earned three awards at the Formula Electric Student Championship (FESC) Indonesia International Motor Show (IIMS) 2022. The competition was held in Jakarta from 30  March 2022 to 10 April 2022. There were 11 teams from various universities who participated in this competition. UNY successfully won in the Overall Champion category, 1st Place in the Skidpad Category, and 1st Place in the Endurance category.

Based on data from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) that in 2021 around 19.46 million people in Indonesia had diabetes. The data is a clear reminder of how much we need to raise awareness about the dangers and solutions to diabetes. Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY), through a National Seminar with the theme "Health Education towards Healthy UNY and Alumni without Medicine Free From Diabetes," tries to answer this question. This seminar was held both offline and online on April 9, 2022. Around 1040 participants participated online.

The UNY Library has won accreditation A from the National Library of the Republic of Indonesia, which is valid until December 9, 2026. This achievement is extraordinary because since UNY Library was established in 1964, it has never been accredited until 2020. In this accreditation, UNY managed to get a score of 96.50 based on meetings between reviewers and related officials. According to the Head of UNY Library, Prof. Sulis Triyono, this achievement is the highest score achievement compared to other university libraries.

The Swara Wadhana Student Choir of UNY won as the Grand Prix Winner at the 2022 Bandung Choral Festival competition at Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung. This competition is a collaboration between the Bandung Choral Society and the Indonesian National Narcotics Agency (BNN) to celebrate the 20th anniversary of BNN.The 2022 Bandung Choral Festival juries are experts and experienced figures in the choir world, including Catharina Leimena, Avip Priatna, Arvin Zeinullah, Hwang Hwa Sook and Daud Kosasih.

The Rector of Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (Abai KNPU), Bilyalov Darkhan Nurlanovich in Almaty Kazakhstan inaugurated Dr. Gulzhaina Kassymova, Ph.D on March 30, 2022. This graduation is a dual degree program with a Doctoral Program in Technology and Vocational Education, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta(UNY). Gulzhaina Kassymova completed her dual degree doctoral program at UNY and Abai KNPU during the 2017-2020 period. Currently, she teaches at Satbayev University, Abay University, and Suleiman Demerel University.

UNY supports efforts to improve the quality of football coaching. One of the forms is through the implementation of the “PSSI D License Trainer Course”. This training lasted for three days, with participants around 30 students and alumni of the UNY Sports Coaching Education (PKO) Department.

Qotrun Nada, daughter of Riswanto and Daryati, who earn a living as a daily farm laborer and small trader, can study at UNY for free. She will learn in the sociology education study program of the Faculty of Social Sciences. “Initially, I felt that I was in the wrong major since I entered natural science in high school.  Such a situation has influenced my grade poorly.  Fortunately, my score was not too embarrassing during the final exam,” said Qotrun Nada.

Center for the Study of Pancasila Education and Character of Research Institute and Community Service Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta(LPPM UNY), in collaboration with the Pancasila Ideology Development Agency (BPIP) and several partner universities today, Wednesday (30/3) held a Group Discussion Forum (FGD) with the theme "Points of Thought About Criteria for Radicalism and Efforts to Overcome It".