diff --git a/content/home/posts.md b/content/home/posts.md
index a79e7f0..5ce9af9 100644
--- a/content/home/posts.md
+++ b/content/home/posts.md
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ subtitle = ""
   # image_darken = 0.6  # Darken the image? Range 0-1 where 0 is transparent and 1 is opaque.
 
   # Text color (true=light or false=dark).
-  text_color_light = false  
+  # text_color_light = true  
   
 [advanced]
  # Custom CSS. 
  css_style = ""
  
  # CSS class.
- css_class = ""  
+ css_class = ""
 +++
diff --git a/content/home/publications.md b/content/home/publications.md
index cd20d09..3f4427c 100644
--- a/content/home/publications.md
+++ b/content/home/publications.md
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ subtitle = ""
   # image_darken = 0.6  # Darken the image? Range 0-1 where 0 is transparent and 1 is opaque.
 
   # Text color (true=light or false=dark).
-  text_color_light = false  
+  # text_color_light = true  
   
 [advanced]
  # Custom CSS. 
  css_style = ""
  
  # CSS class.
- css_class = ""  
+ css_class = ""
 +++
 
 {{% alert note %}}
diff --git a/content/home/publications_featured.md b/content/home/publications_featured.md
index 68ef514..669eb0c 100644
--- a/content/home/publications_featured.md
+++ b/content/home/publications_featured.md
@@ -1,32 +1,63 @@
 +++
-# Featured Publications widget.
-# This widget displays publications from `content/publication/` which have
+# A Featured Publications section created with the Featured Content widget.
+# This section displays publications from `content/publication/` which have
 # `featured = true` in their front matter.
-widget = "publications_featured"  # Do not modify this line!
+
+widget = "featured"  # Do not modify this line!
 active = true  # Activate this widget? true/false
+weight = 10  # Order that this section will appear.
 
 title = "Featured Publications"
 subtitle = ""
 
-# Order that this section will appear in.
-weight = 10
+[content]
+  # Page type to display. E.g. post, talk, or publication.
+  page_type = "publication"
+  
+  # Choose how much pages you would like to display (0 = all pages)
+  count = 0
 
-# View.
-#   1 = List
-#   2 = Compact
-#   3 = Card
-#   4 = Citation
-view = 3
+  # Page order. Descending (desc) or ascending (asc) date.
+  order = "desc"
 
-# Filter by publication type.
-# -1: Any
-#  0: Uncategorized
-#  1: Conference proceedings
-#  2: Journal
-#  3: Work in progress
-#  4: Technical report
-#  5: Book
-#  6: Book chapter
-publication_type = "-1"
+  # Filter posts by a taxonomy term.
+  [content.filters]
+    tag = ""
+    category = ""
+    publication_type = ""
+  
+[design]
+  # Toggle between the various page layout types.
+  #   1 = List
+  #   2 = Compact
+  #   3 = Card
+  #   4 = Citation (publication only)
+  view = 3
+  
+[design.background]
+  # Apply a background color, gradient, or image.
+  #   Uncomment (by removing `#`) an option to apply it.
+  #   Choose a light or dark text color by setting `text_color_light`.
+  #   Any HTML color name or Hex value is valid.
+  
+  # Background color.
+  # color = "navy"
+  
+  # Background gradient.
+  # gradient_start = "DeepSkyBlue"
+  # gradient_end = "SkyBlue"
+  
+  # Background image.
+  # image = "background.jpg"  # Name of image in `static/img/`.
+  # image_darken = 0.6  # Darken the image? Range 0-1 where 0 is transparent and 1 is opaque.
+
+  # Text color (true=light or false=dark).
+  # text_color_light = true  
+  
+[advanced]
+ # Custom CSS. 
+ css_style = ""
+ 
+ # CSS class.
+ css_class = ""
 +++
-
diff --git a/content/home/talks.md b/content/home/talks.md
index a589781..8107440 100644
--- a/content/home/talks.md
+++ b/content/home/talks.md
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ subtitle = ""
   # image_darken = 0.6  # Darken the image? Range 0-1 where 0 is transparent and 1 is opaque.
 
   # Text color (true=light or false=dark).
-  text_color_light = false  
+  # text_color_light = true  
   
 [advanced]
  # Custom CSS. 
  css_style = ""
  
  # CSS class.
- css_class = ""  
+ css_class = ""
 +++
diff --git a/content/home/talks_featured.md b/content/home/talks_featured.md
deleted file mode 100644
index b02b5e3..0000000
--- a/content/home/talks_featured.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-+++
-# Featured Talks widget.
-widget = "talks_featured"  # Do not modify this line!
-active = false  # Activate this widget? true/false
-
-title = "Featured Talks"
-subtitle = ""
-
-# Order that this section will appear in.
-weight = 29
-
-# View.
-#   1 = List
-#   2 = Compact
-#   3 = Card
-view = 3
-+++
diff --git a/themes/academic b/themes/academic
index 9985bc5..2e146ee 160000
--- a/themes/academic
+++ b/themes/academic
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9985bc5e895fefe7fb95e83bbdf1e6133d39ef7b
+Subproject commit 2e146eed9c08e8ea6ab104c634587d77ebd36b10