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11FOURTHQUARTER2013UJProfndsrsteverevidenceofacometstrikingearthTraditionallyconsideredanon-researchintensiveuniversityinSouthAfricacertainlyincomparisontoallrankeduniversitiesinSAUJhasthroughitsQSrankingredeneditsplaceamongnationalandglobaluniversities.UJISRANKEDASAHIGHRESEARCHUNIVERSITYTheoutstandingshowingofUJisfurtherunderscoredbyexceptionalperformancesinseveralQSsub-categories.InthesubjectareaofArtsandHumanitiesUJholdspositionnumber331globally.ForthecategoryofemployerreputationwhichspeakstotheemployabilityofourstudentsUJholdstheadmirableposition392whileforinternationalfacultieswearepositionedat370.TheseareterricreturnsforSAsyoungestrankeduniversity.UJsrankingamongthetop4ofuniversitiesgloballycomesontheheelsofUJsrecentinclusionastherstandonlyAfricanuniversitytobeacceptedintoUniversitas21aconsortiumoftopresearchworlduniversities.OurmembershipofthisprestigiousconsortiumandnowourQSrankingisseenbytheUniversityleadershipasanimportantendorsementofthegrowinginternationalstatureofUJ.THEFIRSTEVERevidenceoacometenteringEarthsatmosphereandexplodingrainingdownashockwaveofrewhichobliteratedeverylieorminitspathhasbeendiscoveredbyateamoSouthAricanscientistsandinternationalcollaborators.OneothesescientistsisUJsveryownProJanKramersromtheFacultyoScience.TediscoveryhasnotonlyprovidedthefrstdefnitiveproooacometstrikingEarthmillionsoyearsagobutitcouldalsohelpustounlockintheuturethesecretsotheormationooursolarsystem.CometsalwaysvisitourskiestheyrethesedirtysnowballsoicemixedwithdustbutneverbeoreinhistoryhasmaterialromacometeverbeenoundonEarthsaysProDavidBlockoWitsUniversity.TecometenteredEarthsatmosphereaboveEgyptabout28millionyearsago.Asitenteredtheatmosphereitexplodedheatingupthesandbeneathittoatemperatureoabout2000Candresultingintheormationoahugeamountoyellowsilicaglasswhichliesscatteredovera6000squarekilometerareaintheSahara.Amagnifcentspecimenotheglasspolishedbyancientjewellersisoundinutankhamunsbroochwithitsstrikingyellow-brownscarab.TeresearchwhichwillbepublishedinEarthandPlanetaryScienceLetterswasconductedbyacollaborationogeoscientistsphysicistsandastronomersincludingBlockleadauthorProKramersoUJDrMarcoAndreoliotheSouthAricanNuclearEnergyCorporationandChrisHarrisotheUniversityoCapeown.RIGHTILLUSTRATIONVECTORSTOCKBELOWLEFTILLUSTRATIONAISLE_B_