Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) officially closed the series of Kompetisi Jembatan Indonesia (KJI) XX and Kompetisi Bangunan Gedung Indonesia (KBGI) XVI on Sunday (16/11/25) at the Performance Hall of the Faculty of Languages, Arts, and Culture (FBSB), UNY. The closing ceremony was lively, attended by hundreds of participants, committee members, and university delegations from across Indonesia.

On Thursday (13–16 November 2025), the Sports Hall of UNY was filled with the enthusiasm of hundreds of civil engineering students from all over Indonesia, participating in the Kompetisi Jembatan Indonesia XX (KJI XX) and the Kompetisi Bangunan Gedung Indonesia XVI (KBGI XVI) held at UNY.

The Bachelor of Applied Marketing Management Study Program of the Faculty of Vocational Studies at UNY carried out a socialisation and real-action programme in the form of training in the making of eco-enzyme and eco-brick at SMP Negeri 1 Pengasih, Kulon Progo, recently.

This activity was attended by 30 students of class VII A of SMP Negeri 1 Pengasih, under the guidance of three UNY Vocational Faculty students. This cross-generational collaboration aims to instil awareness early about the importance of waste management based on the zero-waste principle.

A delegation from Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) participated in the Asian Academic Society for Vocational Education and Training (AASVET) 2025 and the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Higher Education Summit: Asia Pacific 2025, held at Korea University in Korea from 2–8 November 2025.

The forum carried the theme “Advancing Generational Potential: Skills and Partnerships in the Asia Pacific” and served as an international collaboration platform for higher education leaders and academics from around the world.

A community service group from Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY), KKNM-27533 from the Sociology Education Study Programme, carried out inclusive political education (GEDSI-perspective: Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion) for 25 PKK (Family Welfare Empowerment) mothers from RT 1, 2 and 3 in Dusun Dukuh, Madurejo Village, Prambanan Sub-district, Sleman Regency.

That morning, the community hall of the hamlet Kadibeso in Argodadi, Sedayu, Bantul felt more alive than usual. The sky, which was beginning to clear, blended with laughter and banter filling the air. Here, the students of the Community Service Programme (KKN) of UNY together with the Argodadi Pinilih disabled community gathered in an activity entitled “A Day of Learning and Exchanging Feelings.”

A student team at Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) has presented a unique innovation in safeguarding water quality by utilizing banana peel waste as the main material. Through a study titled “Green Synthesis Cu₂O/TiO₂ Nanotube Arrays (TNA) for Detection of Pb²⁺ Ions in Water”, the team succeeded in developing an environmentally-friendly technology capable of detecting the presence of the heavy metal lead (Pb²⁺) more efficiently and sustainably.

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA) of UNY, together with the community group Pemerti Kali Code, held an event themed “Elinging Lahar, Karsaning Karya: Remembering 15 Years of the Cold Lahar, Crafting Works for a Sustainable River.” The gathering reflects on the 2010 cold-lahar event on Mount Merapi and introduces an innovation in the digitalisation of the “River School (Code)” programme as part of the DigiCODE initiative for environmental education.

University of Yogyakarta (UNY) has once again shown its international presence. Five doctoral (PhD) students from the Vocational Technology and Education (PTK) program at UNY together with one professor took active participation in the international conference GeNeMe 2025 – Communities in New Media, recently held at Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Germany.

The prestigious conference served as a scientific forum for global researchers to share ideas and innovations in the fields of education, technology, and new media.

Chronic wounds caused by diabetes, known as diabetic ulcers (UD), remain a serious problem in Indonesia. Treatment with antibiotics is often ineffective because bacteria become resistant, wounds are difficult to penetrate, and bio-films form that hinder healing. Even as many as 78.2% of UD patients experience this condition.

This condition has become an important attention point in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of healthy and prosperous lives, which emphasises improving the quality of healthcare services and innovation in chronic disease therapy to reduce morbidity.