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+---
+widget: hero
+headless: true
+weight: 10
+title: Hugo Academic Theme
+hero_media: hero-academic.png
+cta:
+  label: '**Get Started**'
+  url: https://wowchemy.com/templates/
+cta_alt:
+  label: Ask a question
+  url: https://discord.gg/z8wNYzb
+cta_note:
+  label: >-
+    <div style="text-shadow: none;"><a class="github-button" href="https://github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes" data-icon="octicon-star" data-size="large" data-show-count="true" aria-label="Star">Star Wowchemy Website Builder</a></div><div style="text-shadow: none;"><a class="github-button" href="https://github.com/wowchemy/starter-hugo-academic" data-icon="octicon-star" data-size="large" data-show-count="true" aria-label="Star">Star the Academic template</a></div>
+design:
+  background:
+    gradient_end: '#1976d2'
+    gradient_start: '#004ba0'
+    text_color_light: true
+# advanced:
+#   css_class: fullscreen
+---
+
+**Generated by Wowchemy - the FREE, Hugo-based open source website builder trusted by 500,000+ sites.**
+
+**Easily build anything with blocks - no-code required!**
+
+From landing pages, second brains, and courses to academic resumés, conferences, and tech blogs.
+
+<!--Custom spacing-->
+<div class="mb-3"></div>
+<!--GitHub Button JS-->
+<script async defer src="https://buttons.github.io/buttons.js"></script>
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 widget = "blank"  # See https://wowchemy.com/docs/page-builder/
 headless = true  # This file represents a page section.
-active = true  # Activate this widget? true/false
+active = false  # Activate this widget? true/false
 weight = 15  # Order that this section will appear.
 
 title = "Academic Template"