diff --git a/_includes/news.html b/_includes/news.html
index 307e532dc9af..14d286daa7f2 100644
--- a/_includes/news.html
+++ b/_includes/news.html
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
           
           <div class="news">
-            <h2>news</h2>
             {% if site.news != blank -%} 
             {%- assign news_size = site.news | size -%}
             <div class="table-responsive" {% if site.news_scrollable and news_size > 3 %}style="max-height: 10vw"{% endif %}>
diff --git a/_includes/selected_papers.html b/_includes/selected_papers.html
index 61457dbcf198..cfaeb80386e3 100644
--- a/_includes/selected_papers.html
+++ b/_includes/selected_papers.html
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 
           <div class="publications">
-            <h2>selected publications</h2>
             {% bibliography -f papers -q @*[selected=true]* %}
           </div>
diff --git a/_layouts/about.html b/_layouts/about.html
index b33c498ba7f1..ab6674a90083 100644
--- a/_layouts/about.html
+++ b/_layouts/about.html
@@ -40,26 +40,30 @@ <h1 class="post-title">
             {{ content }}
           </div>
 
-          {% if page.news -%}
           <!-- News -->
-          {%- include news.html %}
+          {% if page.news -%}
+            <h2><a href="{{ '/news/' | relative_url }}" style="color: inherit;">news</a></h2>
+            {%- include news.html %}
           {%- endif %}
+
+          <!-- Selected papers -->
           {% if page.selected_papers -%}
-            <!-- Selected papers -->
+            <h2><a href="{{ '/publications/' | relative_url }}" style="color: inherit;">selected publications</a></h2>
             {%- include selected_papers.html %}
           {%- endif %}
-          {%- if page.social %}
+
           <!-- Social -->
-          <div class="social">
-            <div class="contact-icons">
-            {% include social.html %}
-            </div>
+          {%- if page.social %}
+            <div class="social">
+              <div class="contact-icons">
+                {% include social.html %}
+              </div>
 
-            <div class="contact-note">
-              {{ site.contact_note }}
+              <div class="contact-note">
+                {{ site.contact_note }}
+              </div>
+              
             </div>
-            
-          </div>
           {%- endif %}
         </article>
 
diff --git a/news.html b/news.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3c4e9b43dce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+layout: page
+title: news
+permalink: /news/
+---
+
+{% include news.html %}