diff --git a/_includes/latest_posts.html b/_includes/latest_posts.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d1a0be..0000000
--- a/_includes/latest_posts.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-
-          <div class="news">
-            {% if site.latest_posts != blank -%}
-            {%- assign latest_posts_size = site.posts | size -%}
-            <div class="table-responsive" {% if site.latest_posts.scrollable and latest_posts_size > 3 %}style="max-height: 60vw"{% endif %}>
-              <table class="table table-sm table-borderless">
-              {%- assign latest_posts = site.posts -%}
-              {% if site.latest_posts.limit %}
-              {% assign latest_posts_limit = site.latest_posts.limit %}
-              {% else %}
-              {% assign latest_posts_limit = latest_posts_size %}
-              {% endif %}
-              {% for item in latest_posts limit: latest_posts_limit %}
-                <tr>
-                  <th scope="row" style="width: 20%">{{ item.date | date: "%b %-d, %Y" }}</th>
-                  <td>
-                    {% if item.redirect == blank %}
-                      <a class="news-title" href="{{ item.url | relative_url }}">{{ item.title }}</a>
-                    {% elsif item.redirect contains '://' %}
-                      <a class="news-title" href="{{ item.redirect }}" target="_blank">{{ item.title }}</a>
-                      <svg width="2rem" height="2rem" viewBox="0 0 40 40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
-                        <path d="M17 13.5v6H5v-12h6m3-3h6v6m0-6-9 9" class="icon_svg-stroke" stroke="#999" stroke-width="1.5" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"></path>
-                      </svg>
-                    {% else %}
-                      <a class="news-title" href="{{ item.redirect | relative_url }}">{{ item.title }}</a>
-                    {% endif %}
-                  </td>
-                </tr>
-              {%- endfor %}
-              </table>
-            </div>
-          {%- else -%}
-            <p>No posts so far...</p>
-          {%- endif %}
-          </div>
diff --git a/_includes/related_posts.html b/_includes/related_posts.html
deleted file mode 100644
index df6b3e5..0000000
--- a/_includes/related_posts.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{% assign have_related_posts = false %}
-
-{% for post in site.related_posts | limit: site.related_blog_posts.max_related %}
-  {% unless have_related_posts %}
-    {% assign have_related_posts = true %}
-    <br>
-    <hr>
-    <br>
-    <ul class="list-disc pl-8"></ul>
-
-    <!-- Adds related posts to the end of an article -->
-    <h2 class="text-3xl font-semibold mb-4 mt-12">Enjoy Reading This Article?</h2>
-    <p class="mb-2">Here are some more articles you might like to read next:</p>
-  {% endunless %}
-
-  <li class="my-2">
-    <a class="text-pink-700 underline font-semibold hover:text-pink-800" href="{{ site.baseurl }}{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a>
-  </li>
-{% endfor %}
diff --git a/_includes/selected_papers.html b/_includes/selected_papers.html
index 71e40fc..82f473d 100644
--- a/_includes/selected_papers.html
+++ b/_includes/selected_papers.html
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 
           <div class="publications">
-            <h2>selected publications</h2>
+            <h2>publications</h2>
             {% bibliography -f papers -q @*[selected=true]* %}
           </div>
-
diff --git a/_pages/about.md b/_pages/about.md
index 886d406..a99e490 100644
--- a/_pages/about.md
+++ b/_pages/about.md
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ profile:
   image_cicular: false # crops the image to make it circular
 
 news: true  # includes a list of news items
-
+social: false  # includes social icons at the bottom of the 
+selected_papers: true
 
 ---