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Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and fixes on uni.xyz.

All 288 New Features 94 Improvements 100 Bug Fixes 87 Announcements 7

September 2026

Bug Fix

Comment Threads No Longer Lose Replies on Later Pages

Loading page 2+ of a comment thread could wrongly mark an already-loaded parent comment as deleted, replacing it with a fake placeholder. Threads now stay intact across pages.

Bug Fix

Competition Dashboards Now Show All Entry Categories

Newer competitions' juror dashboards were showing an empty category breakdown even though entries were properly categorized. Category and entry-type charts now reflect all reviewed entries.

New Feature

Rubric Scores Table for Jurors

Jurors can now see every entry they are judging in one sortable, leaderboard-style table, edit scores inline, and open the full evaluation view with a click — no more paging through entries one at a time to compare scores.

Improvement

Profile Pages Get Consistent Spacing

Profile view, edit, certificates, dashboards, explore, and award-closure pages now share the same responsive spacing and card sizing, so layouts no longer feel inconsistent moving between sections.

Improvement

Evaluation Pages Now Full-Width, Cleaner Visuals

Evaluation home and reader pages no longer waste space in large side margins on wide screens, and jury cards, avatars, and the publication viewer got a visual cleanup based on juror feedback.

Bug Fix

Course Theatre Mode Layout Fixed

Theatre mode's curriculum card was noticeably narrower than the lesson notes and comments around it. All blocks now line up consistently in fullscreen viewing.

Bug Fix

Fixed Duplicate Payment Confirmation Emails

Re-saving a payment record was incorrectly re-sending its confirmation email; emails now only go out once, when the payment is actually made.

Bug Fix

Fixed Search Results Missing Journals & Broken Legacy Links

Journals were not appearing in grouped search results, and some older links were throwing server errors; both issues are now fixed.

Bug Fix

Fixed Broken Testimonials Layout

The testimonials section on the About page had collapsed into a single very long column instead of a grid; it now displays correctly again.

Bug Fix

Publication Evaluation Viewer Fixed

The reader toolbar (page navigation, zoom, view modes) had gone missing for jurors reviewing publications; it is back, along with sharper cover thumbnails and better spacing in the evaluation queue.

New Feature

Your Jury Profile, Now on the Evaluations Dashboard

Jurors now see a profile card with their evaluation work stats right on the Evaluations dashboard, with a cleaner, more consistent look across the whole app.

Improvement

Course Studio Redesigned Around What You're Allowed to Do

The course management area now shows only the tabs and actions you actually have permission for, splits courses you manage from courses you teach, and gives every course its own home page.

New Feature

Gradebook: Grade Coursework and Track Weighted Marks

Instructors can now mark deliverables in bands, see what each assignment is worth, and certify a learner's final weighted course mark. Students can see what's graded and where they stand.

Bug Fix

Deleted Members' Journals No Longer Reassigned to UNI

Removing a team member used to republish their journal entries under UNI's own byline. Their journals now stay correctly attributed instead.

Bug Fix

Fixed Accounts Getting Stuck Mid-Signup via Social Login

A number of accounts created through social sign-in were left half set up and unable to sign in again. Those accounts have been repaired and the underlying signup bug is fixed.

Bug Fix

Institutional Access Request Form No Longer Loses Your Input

The Institutional Access request drawer could lose what you'd typed if you navigated away and back. It now prefills with what you've already entered.

Bug Fix

Competition Results Notification No Longer Duplicated

Entrants were sometimes notified twice about the same competition outcome. You'll now only hear it once.

Improvement

Sign In to Like, Comment, and Register

Browsing without an account now shows a quick sign-in prompt when you try to like, comment, repost, quote, or register for a competition, instead of the action silently failing.

Announcement

Uni.xyz Now Opens on the Feed

The homepage at uni.xyz now shows the live feed of what's happening across the platform. The previous homepage moved to /about, and /about-uni is now /story.

August 2026

Bug Fix

Fixed Duplicate "Report Received" Emails

Reporting content no longer results in repeated "we've received your report" emails triggered by unrelated later updates to the same report.

Bug Fix

Fixed a Bug That Could Lock You Out of Your Account

Deleting your last email address from account settings is no longer possible, closing an issue that could have permanently locked people out of sign-in and password reset.

Improvement

Ask uni Can Now "See" Images on Your Pages

Ask uni's assistant can now look at the images on a page to answer questions about them, and gives more accurate answers about your own projects and where to sign out.

New Feature

Previous/Next Navigation Between Spectate Chats

In Unify's spectate mode you can now move between chats with previous/next controls instead of leaving and reopening the list.

Bug Fix

Fixed a Crash on Topic Pages

A missing value could crash topic pages before they finished loading; fixed.

Improvement

Fewer Missing Avatars & Logos

Project covers, commenter avatars, and organization logos across the site now reliably show the right image or a proper fallback instead of a blank space.

Improvement

Faster-Loading Publication Covers

Publication cover images are now served through uni.xyz's image optimizer, cutting load times significantly on publication pages.

New Feature

Get Notified When Your Content Hits a Like Milestone

Projects, journals, and other content that cross a like milestone now trigger a celebratory notification.

New Feature

New Emails: Abandoned Cart Reminders & Membership Welcome Guide

If you leave a membership or competition entry cart without checking out, you'll now get a reminder email; new members also get a welcome email explaining what their plan includes.

Bug Fix

Courses: Lesson Access, Assignments & Grading Fixed

Signed-in members without access no longer get stuck looping between a lesson and the login page, a refused lesson explains why in place, several assignment-submission bugs are fixed, and peer review, video, and grading tools are working again.

Bug Fix

Search Suggestions Are Back

Typing in search shows live suggestions again, and the navbar search button reliably opens the search modal.

Improvement

Course Studio Tools Fully Restored

The Gradebook, Assignment Manager, and Cohort Manager for building and teaching courses are working reliably again, along with the institutional partner dashboard.

New Feature

See & Manage Your Active Sessions

You can now see every device signed into your account and end any session remotely, so you can secure your account if you ever spot one you don't recognize.

Bug Fix

Comments as Your Organization Now Credit Correctly Everywhere

Comments posted on behalf of your organization were sometimes attributed to you personally instead. They now consistently credit the organization across the platform.

Bug Fix

Hidden Profiles No Longer Appear in Search

Profiles hidden from public view could still show up in some list and search results. They are now properly excluded everywhere on the platform.

Improvement

You'll Now Be Notified About More Account Activity

Dozens of account events that used to happen silently, including deadline changes, credit expirations, security alerts, and expiring team invitations, now send you an email so you are not caught off guard.

Bug Fix

Push Notifications Restored After a Delivery Issue

Browser push notifications had stopped reaching subscribed users due to a delivery bug. They are now working normally again for comments, shortlist alerts, and results.

Improvement

Organization Manage Pages Get All / Published / Drafts Tabs

Organization admins can now filter their manage pages by All, Published, or Drafts, matching the tabs already available on personal profiles.

Improvement

Apply to Enroll Through Your Institution

You can now search for your school directly on the course enrollment page. If we don't have a partnership with your institution yet, submitting opens a partnership application instead of a dead end.

Improvement

Read Course Books In-App, With a Table of Contents

Course set books now open right in the browser with a table of contents, collapsible chapter groups, and a resizable reading panel, so you no longer need to download the book or leave the course to read it.

Bug Fix

Fixed a Bug That Could Clear a Journal's Organization

A bug in the journal creation flow could silently remove the organization tag from a journal; journals now keep their organization affiliation as expected.

Bug Fix

Fixed Sorting Competitions by Entry Fee

Sorting competition listings by entry fee no longer throws an error, so browsing and filtering competitions works reliably again.

Bug Fix

Login Now Verifies the Email You Actually Used

Signing in with a secondary email address is now checked correctly, closing a gap where only your primary email was being verified.

Improvement

Competition Deadline Reminders Now Land With Better Timing

Reminder emails for upcoming competition deadlines were fixed so they actually go out with enough overlap before the deadline, instead of sometimes missing their window.

Improvement

Courses Can Now Include a Set Book

Course creators can attach a required resource, like a set book, at the course level so it shows up for every enrolled student.

New Feature

Certificates and Public Pages for Beegraphy University Partners

Beegraphy university partners now get generated certificates with their own public page, plus a staff view to manage the pipeline.

New Feature

Publish Journals, Projects, and Publications as Your Organization

Organization admins can now create journals, projects, and publications directly from the organization page instead of only posting as an individual.

New Feature

Meet Ask uni, Your AI Assistant

A built-in chat assistant can now guide you through submitting a project, look up your own awards and prizes, and connect you to a human teammate when it cannot help.

Improvement

Partially Evaluated Entries, Now One Click Away

Jurors can now jump straight to entries they have started scoring but not finished, via a new Partially Evaluated view linked right from the dashboard stat tiles alongside Fully Evaluated and Unevaluated.

Improvement

Manage Publications Page Shows Real Publication Cards

Your Manage Publications dashboard now displays actual publication cards instead of placeholder boxes, matching the look of your public publication pages.

Bug Fix

Uploaded Videos Now Play in the Jury Gallery

Videos attached to competition entries now render correctly in the jury gallery during evaluation, and the Messaging tab has been renamed to Jury Room for clarity.