What's New
Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and fixes on uni.xyz.
September 2026
Heads-Up Email Before Results Go Public
Jurors and organizers now get an email about a day before results go public, so they can do one last review of the staged results before they are announced.
Leaderboard & Jury Dashboard Polish
Jury scores on the public leaderboard are now visible to everyone once results are announced, empty Location columns are hidden when no entries have one, unrated entries show a dash instead of a misleading 0.0, and the jury dashboard shows the final result once the results deadline passes.
See Who Liked a Project, Journal, or Publication
Curious who liked your work? Click the like count on any project, journal, or publication to see the full list of people who liked it.
People's Choice Awards: One Winner Per Category
For competitions that split entries by category (e.g. Students vs. Professionals), People's Choice now awards one winner per category instead of just a single top vote-getter overall.
Fixed: Marketing Unsubscribe No Longer Blocks Win & Result Emails
Transactional emails like win notifications and certificates are no longer silently skipped just because you'd unsubscribed from marketing emails -- only newsletters and campaigns respect that unsubscribe now.
Certificates Now Stay in Sync With Your Latest Award
Certificates now automatically update to match an entry's current award, so if your ranking changed after your certificate was first generated (e.g. Shortlisted to Winner), it reflects the correct title instead of a stale one.
Institutional Access: Referral Discount Codes Now Working
Applying for Institutional Access through a partner referral link now shows your discount up front on the page and correctly applied in the cart before you pay, and the application confirmation screen gives you a moment to read it before moving on to checkout.
Jury & Organizer Notifications When Voting Closes
Jurors and organizers now get an automatic email when public voting closes on a competition, with a link to preview results and download their jury certificate.
Fixed Certificate Page Errors
A small number of competition certificate pages were showing errors because two certificates could end up sharing the same link. Certificate links are now guaranteed unique so every certificate page loads correctly.
Fixed Missing Account & Payment Emails
A technical issue was silently blocking delivery of password reset, payment confirmation, and certificate emails. Email delivery has been restored.
Fixed Homepage Loading Delays
A rendering issue in the discussions feed was causing some homepage visits to load slowly or time out. This has been fixed.
Fixed: Certificates Now Show the Correct Entry Owner's Name
Competition certificates now correctly display the name of the entry's actual owner.
Fixed: Banned Organizations Could Still Be Used to Post Content
Organizations that are banned, deleted, or archived can no longer be selected to post content on your behalf.
Restricted Accounts No Longer Appear in Feed or Search
Content from flagged or restricted accounts is now consistently hidden from the activity feed and search results.
Staged Competition Results: Opt-Out and Winner Slot Fix
Organizers can now opt out of staged results, and competitions without a Bachelor / Master split now correctly fill the Winner slot.
Browse Competitions Currently Under Evaluation
A new Under Evaluation section lets you browse competitions that are actively being judged.
Evaluation Dashboard: Panel View, Score Filters, and Layout Improvements
Jurors can now filter by panel and juror score, see a loading indicator while the leaderboard loads, and the entry table is easier to read with reordered, resized columns.
Public Leaderboard: New Location & Category Columns
The public leaderboard now shows entry location and category, sorts correctly by public score, and only shows jury scores to competition members.
Jury Comments Now Show in the Activity Feed
Comments and project reviews from jurors now appear as readable feed items with project cards, making evaluation activity easier to follow.
Fixed: Saved Media Now Displays Correctly in Your Feed
Projects, journals, and publications you have saved now show up properly as their own cards in your activity feed instead of being missing or misattributed.
Careers Card Now Appears in Your Activity Feed
A sticky Careers card in the activity feed sidebar rotates through open job posts with org logos and location, and lets organizations post a job listing directly.
Mobile Menu Filter Highlight Fixed
On mobile, only the currently active filter is now highlighted in orange, with count chips moved to the right of the row for a cleaner look.
Share Buttons Added to Competition Pages
Competition public pages now include one-click share buttons, making it easier to share a competition on social media or via link.
Evaluation Dashboard: Leaderboard Rows Now Open the Full Eval Page
Clicking a leaderboard row or insight card on the evaluation dashboard now takes jurors straight to the relevant evaluation page instead of doing nothing.
Fixed Broken Links in Competition Studio and Organization Search
The View Public Page button in Competition Studio was pointing at a broken URL, and the manage-competitions search box in organization pages was not filtering correctly; both are now fixed.
Competition Studio: Redesigned Deadline Scheduling
The Deadlines page in Competition Studio was rebuilt with a clearer date and time picker (fixes selecting days, full-width layout, and a save error), plus hints for event-vs-period deadlines.
Visual Polish Across Journals, Feed, and Organization Pages
A broad round of layout fixes: consistent spacing on journals/topic/organization pages, cleaner mobile feed cards, fixed comment dropdown stacking, better click targets on feed cards, and journals linked to a project now inherit its cover image.
Fixed Certificate Ready Notifications
The notification that a certificate was ready to download had stopped firing for some users; it now sends reliably, alongside fixes to two certificate naming issues.
Jury Certificates: Refreshed Artwork and Participation Certificates
Jury certificate artwork got several rounds of polish (signature placement, stamp cropping, copy and background), rejected entries no longer receive a certificate, and jurors now get a participation certificate on their evaluation chamber cards.
Find Every Trophy Holder for an Award
Search now supports an award filter (/search?award=<title>) that lists every entry which has won a given trophy, making it easy to browse past winners.
Visual Polish Across Competition, Evaluation, and Account Pages
Cleaned up spacing, alignment, and card styling across competition, evaluation, and account pages for a more consistent look.
University Application Form Fixed, With a Clear Confirmation
The university partnership application was silently failing to submit due to a broken link; it's fixed, and the confirmation screen now tells you what happens next.
Video Player Remembers Your Volume and Quality
The video player was resetting to default volume and quality on every load; it now remembers your last settings.
Course Video Progress No Longer Mixes Up Between Lessons
Watching one lesson could overwrite the saved progress of a different lesson in the same course; each lesson now tracks its own playhead correctly.
Evaluation Sidebar No Longer 404s on Mobile
The evaluation dashboard's sidebar navigation was returning a 404 on mobile; it's fixed, and entry pages now link out to the public project page.
Organizers See Jury Insights Before Results, Leaderboard Fix
Organizers can now see jury insights on the evaluation dashboard before results are announced, and a bug that left the leaderboard empty for approved-and-merit competitions is fixed.
Score Tally Tab and Offline Rubric Scoring
Competition organizers get a new Score Tally tab showing every juror's scores and feedback per entry, and jurors can now download a rubric score sheet, fill it out offline, and upload it back for bulk scoring.
Jury Scores Stay Private Until Results Are Announced
Competition leaderboards were briefly showing jury scores before results were official; scores now stay hidden until the organizer announces results.
Translate Messages In DMs and Support Chats
You can now translate any direct message or support conversation on demand, so language differences don't get in the way of a conversation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.