Sulistyo Mulyo Agustini, mahasiswa program doktor ilmu kedokteran (biomedik), meneliti ekstrak umbi rumput teki sebagai kandidat anti leukemia pada ujian disertasinya, Rabu (20/9/2018). Leukemia yang ia teliti adalah Leukemia Mieloblastik Akut atau Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia (AML). Pada AML, meskipun 40 sampai 45 persen pasien usia lebih muda dari usia 65 tahun dapat diterapi dengan teràpi terbaru, hanya 10 persen yang memiliki harapan hidup lebih panjang.

Community Service in the form of Doktor Mengabdi Program 2018 is a form of high school tri dharma practice initiated by LPPM UB. Three UB Faculty of Engineering lecturers consisting of Dr. Runi Asmaranto, ST. MT. (Chief Executive), DR. Eng. Denny Widhiyanuriyawan, ST. MT., and Sugiarto, ST. MT. collaborated with the Faculty of Agriculture lecturer, Mangku Purnomo, SP., MSi. PhD., choose Dusun Tanah Merah, Batur village, Gading sub-district, Probolinggo district. To reach Tanah Merah that is located on the slopes of Argopuro Mountain, the team had to walk or ride two-wheeled vehicles as far as 5 kilometers from the center of the Batur village. Tanah Merah has around 500 families and most of them have not enjoyed the electricity from PLN. Ironically, this place is only a few tens of kilometers away from the Paiton power plant. Previously, this Batur village had become a fostered village of UB in several community service programs, such as BPPM, DM, CSR, and others.

As a cotinuation of a series of The 4th University Consortium Graduate Forum (UCGF) 2018 SEARCA SEAMEO on Wednesday (19/Sep/2018), participants were invited to visit Brawijaya University's field laboratory, i.e. Jatikerto Agro Techno Park (ATP). Around 50 participants of vary universities such as Bogor Agricultural University, Gadjah Mada University, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Kasetsart University Thailand, University of the Philippines Los Banos and Brawijaya University had a field visit to the laboratory which is located at an altitude of 400 masl.