YOGYAKARTA – Centre for Economic Studies (Pustek) Universitas Gadjah Mada in cooperation with Jenderal Sudirman Center have initiated the establishment of Farmer School. The school is expected to become an alternative model of farmer empowerment in Indonesia. The materials of the program are on knowledge aspect of wider agricultural economic politics. “We try to improve the lives of farmers through the Farmer School by making them smarter and more organised,” said Head of the Centre, Dr. Revrisond Baswir, in his office in Bulaksumur, Tuesday (2/5).

Director of Asean Cooperation, Foreign Affairs Ministry, I Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja, Rector of UGM, Prof. Dr. Pratikno, M.Soc., Sc, and Dean of Faculty of Social and Politial Sciences, Dr. Erwan Agus Purwanto, have inaugurated the ASEAN Studies Centre, marked by the seminar “Toward A More Cohesive and people-Oriented ASEAN: 2015 and Beyond” in UGM Graduate School on Tuesday (30/4).

YOGYAKARTA – UGM robot team has won a gold medal in the Trinity Fire Fighting Contest, held from 6-7 April in Hartford City, Connecticut, in the U.S. Following that, the team also won two gold medals and one silver in RoboGames 2013 Olympics of Robots, 19-21 April, in San Mateo, California. Malik Khidir, member of the team, said the robot was named Hafidz after the member of the team who was unable to go to the competition in the U.S.