[Check out the latest demo](https://academic-demo.netlify.app) of what you'll get in less than 10 minutes, or [view the showcase](https://wowchemy.com/user-stories/).
[**Wowchemy**](https://wowchemy.com) makes it easy to create a beautiful website for free. Edit your site in Markdown, Jupyter, or RStudio (via Blogdown), generate it with Hugo, and deploy with GitHub or Netlify. Customize anything on your site with widgets, themes, and language packs.
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This homepage section is an example of adding [elements](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/writing-markdown-latex/) to the [*Blank* widget](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/widgets/).
Backgrounds can be applied to any section. Here, the *background* option is set give a *color gradient*.
**To remove this section, delete `content/home/demo.md`.**
[Check out the Markdown files](https://github.com/wowchemy/starter-academic/tree/master/exampleSite) which power the [Academic Demo](https://academic-demo.netlify.app), or [view the showcase](https://wowchemy.com/user-stories/).