Updates to QuantEcon Website (#124)

* update @mmcky profile * promote sponsors to be first block after main splash page * simplify about page * add news item * add news item
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@@ -27,6 +27,40 @@ <h1>Quant<span>Econ</span></h1>
 
 <main id="main">
 
+  <section id="sponsors" class="sponsors section-bg">
+
+    <div class="container">
+
+      <div class="row align-items-center text-center">
+
+        <p><b>Current Sponsors</b></p>
+
+        <div>
+          <p style="margin-bottom:2cm;">
+          <a href="https://chow.xmu.edu.cn/en/index.htm" title="Paula and Gregory Chow Institute for Studies in Economics, Xiamen University">
+            <img src="/assets/img/chow_logo_en.png" width="600"
+            alt="Sponsored by the Paula and Gregory Chow Institute for Studies in Economics, Xiamen University">
+          </a>
+          </p>
+        </div>
+
+        <p><b>Past Sponsors</b></p>
+
+        <div class="col-md-5 offset-md-1">
+          <p class="m-0"><a href="http://www.sloan.org/" title="Alfred P. Sloan Foundation"><img
+                src="/assets/img/alfred-p-sloan-logo.png" width="350"
+                alt="Sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation"></a></p>
+        </div>
+        <div class="col-md-5 mt-5 mt-md-0">
+          <p class="m-0"><a href="https://schmidtfutures.com/">
+              <img src="/assets/img/schmidt-logo.svg" alt="Schmidt Futures logo" width="400"></a></p>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+  </section>
+
+
   <section id="featured" class="featured">
     <!-- Lectures and Code Libraries -->
     <div class="container">
@@ -255,40 +289,6 @@ <h3>Executable Books</h3>
 
   </section><!-- End Services Section -->
 
-  <section id="sponsors" class="sponsors section-bg">
-
-    <div class="container">
-
-      <div class="row align-items-center text-center">
-
-        <div>
-          <p style="margin-bottom:2cm;">
-          <a href="https://chow.xmu.edu.cn/en/index.htm" title="Paula and Gregory Chow Institute for Studies in Economics, Xiamen University">
-            <img src="/assets/img/chow_logo_en.png" width="600"
-            alt="Sponsored by the Paula and Gregory Chow Institute for Studies in Economics, Xiamen University">
-          </a>
-          </p>
-        </div>
-
-
-
-        <div class="col-md-5 offset-md-1">
-
-          <p class="m-0"><a href="http://www.sloan.org/" title="Alfred P. Sloan Foundation"><img
-                src="/assets/img/alfred-p-sloan-logo.png" width="350"
-                alt="Sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation"></a></p>
-
-        </div>
-        <div class="col-md-5 mt-5 mt-md-0">
-
-          <p class="m-0"><a href="https://schmidtfutures.com/">
-              <img src="/assets/img/schmidt-logo.svg" alt="Schmidt Futures logo" width="400"></a></p>
-
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-
-  </section>
 
   <!-- ======= Testimonials Section ======= -->
   <section id="testimonials" class="testimonials">

diff --git a/_posts/2024-08-08-africa-workshop.md b/_posts/2024-08-08-africa-workshop.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+layout: post
+title: "Africa summer course 2024"
+author: Matt McKay
+excerpt: QuantEcon has just delivered our Africa summer course
+---
+
+QuantEcon has delivered our Africa summer course in July/August 2024 across three universities in West Africa. Our aim is to bring the foundational skills required for working with more advanced computational economic models to a global audience. It was exciting for the team to be able to work with these talented students in West Africa.
diff --git a/_posts/2024-11-02-smit-google.md b/_posts/2024-11-02-smit-google.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+layout: post
+title: "QuantEcon RA working with Google Search"
+author: Matt McKay
+excerpt: QuantEcon RA is now working with the Google Search team
+---
+
+Congratulations to [Smit Lunagariya](https://in.linkedin.com/in/smit-lunagariya-356b93179) for your new role at Google search. Smit was a former QuantEcon research assistant and contributed extensively to the QuantEcon project. We hope you enjoy your new role in the machine learning team.
diff --git a/_team-members/matthew.md b/_team-members/matthew.md
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ image: placeholder.png
 link: https://github.com/mmcky
 role: "Committee Members"
 ---
-Matthew McKay is a post-doctoral researcher and lead developer at Australian National University with research interests in computational development economics and international trade.
+Matthew McKay is the chief technology officer at QuantEcon with research interests in computational development economics and international trade.
diff --git a/pages/about.md b/pages/about.md
@@ -5,30 +5,21 @@ menu_item: true
 ---
 # About
 
-QuantEcon is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving economic modeling by enhancing computational tools for economists.  Our activities include
+QuantEcon is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving economic modeling by enhancing computational tools for economists.  
+
+Our activities include
 
 *   developing and facilitating the development of open source software for economic modeling, and
 *   building open, collaborative platforms for sharing, discussing and documenting open source software
 
-Development is centered on open source scientific computing environments such as Python, R and Julia. 
-
-QuantEcon is a [NumFocus](http://www.numfocus.org/) Fiscally Sponsored Project, currently funded primarily by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
+Development is centered on open source scientific computing environments such as Python, R and Julia and is hosted on [github](https://github.com/QuantEcon/). 
 
-To learn more about our activities you can visit:
-1. [Lectures](/lectures)
-2. [Code Libraries](/code)
-3. [Books](/books)
-4. [Other Projects](/projects)
+QuantEcon is a [NumFocus](http://www.numfocus.org/) and [PSL](https://psl-foundation.org/) Fiscally Sponsored Project. 
 
 ## Contact
 
 Send feedback to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
 
-
-## Get Involved
-
-QuantEcon is developed by the community for the community and contributions are welcome. There are several ways you can get involved.
-
 ## Join the Discourse forum
 
 You can reach out to the [QuantEcon team](/team) via the [Discourse forum](http://discourse.quantecon.org/). 
@@ -39,7 +30,9 @@ The forum is a good place to ask questions, get guidance on contributing to the
 
 QuantEcon is sponsored by [NumFOCUS](https://numfocus.org/), a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports and promotes world-class, innovative, open source scientific software.
 
-Through NumFOCUS, QuantEcon can receive tax-deductible donations to help support ongoing development. Your donations will go towards:
+Through NumFOCUS, QuantEcon can receive tax-deductible donations to help support ongoing development. 
+
+Your donations will go towards:
 
 *   developing and facilitating the development of open source software for economic modeling, and
 *   building open, collaborative platforms for sharing, discussing and documenting open source software
@@ -51,13 +44,7 @@ To support the QuantEcon project:
 
 ## Develop and contribute code
 
-We welcome submission of algorithms and high quality code to [QuantEcon.py](/quantecon-py) and [QuantEcon.jl](/quantecon-jl) on all topics in quantitative economics.
-
-*   Information on contributing to [QuantEcon.py](/quantecon-py) is found [here](/python-developers)
-
-*   Information on contributing to [QuantEcon.jl](/quantecon-jl) is found [here](/julia-developers)
-
-Less experienced developers who wish to get involved can help improve documentation, work on smaller enhancements or report bugs and request features.
+We welcome submission of algorithms and high quality code to [QuantEcon.py](https://github.com/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.py) and [QuantEcon.jl](https://github.com/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.jl) on all topics in quantitative economics.
 
 ## Write a notebook
 
@@ -67,31 +54,12 @@ If you’ve written code related to quantitative economics and want to share it
 
 QuantEcon develops and supports the following [lecture series](/lectures) for quantitative economics and datascience. 
 
-Bug fixes or small updates are welcome as pull requests (PR). Some PR requirements:
+Bug fixes or small updates are welcome as pull requests (PR). 
+
+Some PR requirements:
 
-1. If possible, a PR should address just one lecture
+1. A PR should address just one lecture
 2. Python lectures should execute with the *latest* Anaconda environment.
    Please update and check prior to submitting your PR.
 
-Information on contributing to the python lectures can be found [here](/contribute-lectures)
-
-## Resources
-
-If you’re new to open source development, here is some information to help you get started.
-
-Contributions to the QuantEcon library should follow the standard open source pattern in regards to forking the code libraries and sending pull requests on GitHub. 
-
-## Using GitHub
-
-If you’re not familiar with GitHub workflows there are many useful tutorials available:
-
-* [The GitHub Guides](https://guides.github.com/)
-* [Pull request etiquette](http://readwrite.com/2014/07/02/github-pull-request-etiquette)
-
-The following tutorial is helpful for more advanced understanding of git branching and the git model of version control:
-
-* [Git Branching Tutorial](https://learngitbranching.js.org/)
-
-*Additional Git Resources:*
-
-* [GitHub Help](https://help.github.com/)
+Information on contributing to the python lectures can be found [here](https://manual.quantecon.org/intro.html)