Pada Jumat, 8 Mei 2026, Program Studi Biologi FMIPA Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta menyelenggarakan Kuliah Tamu Mata Kuliah Entomologi yang diikuti oleh 11 mahasiswa angkatan 2023 dengan dosen pengampu Dr. Yunita Fera Rahmawati, S.Pd., M.Sc. Kegiatan ini dilaksanakan secara daring melalui platform Zoom Meeting pada pukul 15.00–17.00 WIB dan menghadirkan narasumber Marsianus Marthin Rivaldy, S.Si., Pengendali Ekosistem Hutan Ahli Pertama dari Balai Taman Nasional Kayan Mentarang, Kementerian Kehutanan, Kalimantan Utara.

The Biology Study Program, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY), invited a guest lecturer for a session in the Applied Microbiology course. The lecture was held on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

Yogyakarta, April 27, 2025 — The Molecular & Microbiology Study Club (MSC) of the Department of Biology Education successfully organized the Discover Microbiology and Annotation Webinar themed “The Potential of Actinobacteria as New Antibiotic Candidates to Combat Antibiotic Resistance” on Sunday, April 27, 2025, from 09:00 to 11:30 WIB via Zoom Meeting. 

Yamaguchi, Japan — A Community Service (PkM) team from Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) conducted a socialization program on the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) in Yamaguchi, Japan. The team consisted of Prof. Dr. Eng. Ir. Didik Nurhadiyanto, ST., MT., IPU, ASEAN Eng, Nur Aeni Ariyanti, SP., MP., M.Agr., Ph.D., and Dr. Evy Yulianti, S.Si., M.Sc., representing the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA) UNY.

Yogyakarta, June 24, 2025 — A lecturer from the Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY), Dr. Anna Rakhmawati, S.Si., M.Si., served as a speaker in the Published Article Writing Workshop organized by the Biology Education Program (Tadris Biologi), Faculty of Tarbiyah, UIN Raden Mas Said Surakarta, on June 24, 2025.

The Biology Education Department, through the Student Association of the Biology Education Department (Himabio) at FMIPA Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY), is strengthening a biology-based entrepreneurial ecosystem within the campus. One of the key efforts is partnering with industry practitioners and business actors as strategic collaborators. This collaboration aims to provide students with hands-on experience in building and developing startups while still in university.

Efforts to support sustainable innovation in the environmental sector continue to grow. Lecturers from the Biology Study Program, FMIPA Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY), Prof. Dr. Tien Aminatun, S.Si., M.Si. and Dr. Anna Rakhmawati, S.Si., M.Si., have established a research collaboration with a mining industry partner, PT Bumi Suksesindo (PT BSI).

Students of Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) have once again achieved an accomplishment through innovative research under the Program Kreativitas Mahasiswa in the Exact Research field (PKM-RE).