ULM Brings Home 3 PIMNAS 2024 Medals

Lambung Mangkurat University (ULM) has won 3 champions in the 37th PIMNAS (National Scientific Week) held at Airlangga University on October 14-19, 2024. The following are the champions won by the ULM team at PIMNAS 2024:

1) First Place in the PKM Digital Poster Competition for Exact Research with the title “Potential of Chitosan from Litopenaeus vannamel Shrimp Shell Waste as a Microneedle Patch Base in Increasing Penetration of Black Cumin Extract in Hypertension Therapy”

2) Bronze Medal in the Poster category with the title “Breaking the Vicious Circle of Online Gambling: Analysis of Motives, Impacts, and Solutions for Gambling Behavior in Gen Z Through the Perspective of Cognitive Dissonance Theory”

3) Favorite Team in the Presentation category with the title “Pandora Privilege Education: Building a Model for Increasing Academic Resilience in Migrant Students from the Tribe Papua”

ULM managed to win 3 medals from 6 delegates sent, exceeding the initial target. This achievement placed ULM in 29th position out of 118 participating universities, a significant jump compared to previous years.

ULM’s success in PIMNAS 2024 is the culmination of a series of brilliant achievements in the last two years. Various innovative efforts and system improvements have produced very proud results, reflected in the improvement in the quality of education and student achievements in various fields.

ULM managed to skyrocket from 64th to 34th in the ID-PT League, a strong indicator of improving the quality of education and research on campus. ULM Rector, Prof. Dr. Ahmad Alim Bachri, said that this achievement was the result of the hard work of the entire academic community.

“We focus on improving the quality of education, research, and innovation. The achievements achieved today are proof that ULM is on the right track,” he said