diff --git a/_includes/news.html b/_includes/news.html
deleted file mode 100644
index be55051..0000000
--- a/_includes/news.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-          
-          <div class="news">
-            <h2>news</h2>
-            {% if site.news  -%} 
-            <div class="table-responsive">
-              <table class="table table-sm table-borderless">
-              {%- assign news = site.news | reverse -%} 
-              {% for item in news limit: site.news_limit %} 
-                <tr>
-                  <th scope="row">{{ item.date | date: "%b %-d, %Y" }}</th>
-                  <td>
-                    {% if item.inline -%} 
-                      {{ item.content | remove: '<p>' | remove: '</p>' | emojify }}
-                    {%- else -%} 
-                      <a class="news-title" href="{{ item.url | relative_url }}">{{ item.title }}</a>
-                    {%- endif %} 
-                  </td>
-                </tr>
-              {%- endfor %} 
-              </table>
-            </div>
-          {%- else -%} 
-            <p>No news so far...</p>
-          {%- endif %} 
-          </div>
diff --git a/_includes/projects.html b/_includes/projects.html
index 0f2e486..234718c 100644
--- a/_includes/projects.html
+++ b/_includes/projects.html
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
               alt="project thumbnail" -%}
           {%- endif %}
           <div class="card-body">
-            <h2 class="card-title text-lowercase">{{ project.title }}</h2>
+            <h2 class="card-title">{{ project.title }}</h2>
             <p class="card-text">{{ project.description }}</p>
-            <div class="row ml-1 mr-1 p-0">
+            <div class="row ml-1 mr-1 p-0" style="float: right">
               {%- if project.github -%}
               <div class="github-icon">
                 <div class="icon" data-toggle="tooltip" title="Code Repository">
diff --git a/_includes/projects_horizontal.html b/_includes/projects_horizontal.html
index 7d1be49..c54e2a1 100644
--- a/_includes/projects_horizontal.html
+++ b/_includes/projects_horizontal.html
@@ -6,21 +6,11 @@
   {%- endif -%}
     <div class="card hoverable">
       <div class="row g-0">
-        {%- if project.img -%}
-        <div class="card-img col-md-6">
-          {% responsive_image_block %}
-            path: {{ project.img }}
-            alt: "project thumbnail"
-          {% endresponsive_image_block %}
-        </div>
-        <div class="col-md-6">
-        {%- else -%}
         <div class="col-md-12">
-        {%- endif -%}
           <div class="card-body">
-            <h3 class="card-title text-lowercase">{{ project.title }}</h3>
+            <h3 class="card-title">{{ project.title }}</h3>
             <p class="card-text">{{ project.description }}</p>
-            <div class="row ml-1 mr-1 p-0">
+            <div class="row ml-1 mr-1 p-1" style="float: right">
               {%- if project.github -%}
               <div class="github-icon">
                 <div class="icon" data-toggle="tooltip" title="Code Repository">
diff --git a/_includes/selected_papers.html b/_includes/selected_papers.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 61457db..0000000
--- a/_includes/selected_papers.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-
-          <div class="publications">
-            <h2>selected publications</h2>
-            {% bibliography -f papers -q @*[selected=true]* %}
-          </div>