diff --git a/_layouts/gallerylay.html b/_layouts/gallerylay.html
index 4a5776b..7b0323d 100644
--- a/_layouts/gallerylay.html
+++ b/_layouts/gallerylay.html
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@
     padding-left: 0 !important;
     padding-right: 0 !important;
   }
+  
+  /* Add bottom spacing to prevent footer overlap */
+  .gallery-page {
+    padding-bottom: 3rem;
+    min-height: calc(100vh - 200px);
+  }
 </style>
 <div id="galleryid" class="col-sm-12 gallery-page">
   {{ content }}
diff --git a/_layouts/homelay.html b/_layouts/homelay.html
index e6bad52..eee4689 100644
--- a/_layouts/homelay.html
+++ b/_layouts/homelay.html
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@
 -->
 <div class="row g-4">
   <div id="homeid" class="col-lg-8">
-    <!-- Lab branding: logo + title -->
-    <div class="text-center d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center gap-3">
-      <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/images/logopic/group_logo_medium.svg" height="120" width="auto" alt="Atlas Analytics Lab logo">
-      <h2 class="mb-0" style="font-family: 'Georgia', 'Palatino', serif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 2.5rem; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #951D33;">Atlas Analytics Lab</h2>
-    </div>
-    <h1>Welcome our website!</h1>
-
     <!-- Main homepage content from home.md -->
     {{ content }}
   </div>
diff --git a/_pages/gallery.md b/_pages/gallery.md
index 65b30ac..5b54954 100644
--- a/_pages/gallery.md
+++ b/_pages/gallery.md
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ layout: gallerylay
 excerpt: "Atlas Analytics Lab at Concordia University."
 sitemap: false
 permalink: /gallery/
-----
+---
+<!--
   Lab Life Gallery Page (gallery.md)
   
   Purpose:
diff --git a/_pages/home.md b/_pages/home.md
index 8058b32..2afb296 100644
--- a/_pages/home.md
+++ b/_pages/home.md
@@ -9,60 +9,56 @@ permalink: /
   Home Page (home.md)
   
   Purpose:
-    Main landing page with vision statement, hero carousel, and research highlights.
-    Provides first impression of the lab's mission and visual identity.
+    Main landing page with vision statement, institutional logos, and research highlights.
+    Provides first impression of the lab's mission and affiliations.
   
   Layout: homelay (two-column with news sidebar)
   
   Sections:
     - Vision statement (top paragraph)
-    - Hero carousel (auto-generated from /images/homepic/)
+    - Institutional affiliation logos (Concordia, McGill, Mila)
     - Research highlights (key areas)
-    - Funding and partner logos
+    - Funding and partner information
   
   Features:
-    - Dynamic carousel loading all images from /images/homepic/
-    - Bootstrap carousel with 4-second intervals
-    - Responsive image sizing via CSS clamp()
+    - Responsive institutional logo display
+    - Bootstrap grid for logo alignment
+    - Maximum logo height: 120px
   
   Customization:
     - Update vision statement in main paragraph
-    - Add images to /images/homepic/ for carousel
     - Modify research highlights in markdown
-    - Update partner logos at bottom
+    - Update partner information at bottom
 -->
 
-The Atlas Analytics Lab conducts research across computer vision, deep learning, optimization, and natural language processing, with a strong application focus in digital and computational pathology.
-
-<!-- Hero carousel cycling through lab imagery. -->
-<div markdown="0" id="carousel" class="carousel slide" data-bs-ride="carousel" data-bs-interval="4000" data-bs-pause="hover">
-    {% assign homepic_files = site.static_files | where_exp: "file", "file.path contains '/images/homepic/'" | sort: "path" %}
-    
-    <div class="carousel-indicators">
-        {% for image in homepic_files %}
-        <button type="button" data-bs-target="#carousel" data-bs-slide-to="{{ forloop.index0 }}" {% if forloop.first %}class="active" aria-current="true"{% endif %} aria-label="Slide {{ forloop.index }}"></button>
-        {% endfor %}
+<!-- Institutional affiliations logos -->
+<div markdown="0" class="institutional-logos text-center py-4">
+  <div class="row justify-content-center align-items-center g-4">
+    <div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6">
+      <img src="{{ site.url }}{{ site.baseurl }}/images/logopic/Concordia_University.png" 
+           alt="Concordia University" 
+           class="img-fluid" 
+           style="max-height: 120px; width: auto;">
     </div>
-
-    <div class="carousel-inner" markdown="0">
-        {% for image in homepic_files %}
-        <div class="carousel-item {% if forloop.first %}active{% endif %}">
-            <img src="{{ site.url }}{{ site.baseurl }}{{ image.path }}" class="d-block w-100" alt="Lab image {{ forloop.index }}" />
-        </div>
-        {% endfor %}
+    <div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6">
+      <img src="{{ site.url }}{{ site.baseurl }}/images/logopic/Mcgill_University.jpg" 
+           alt="McGill University" 
+           class="img-fluid" 
+           style="max-height: 120px; width: auto;">
+    </div>
+    <div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6">
+      <img src="{{ site.url }}{{ site.baseurl }}/images/logopic/MILA.png" 
+           alt="Mila - Quebec AI Institute" 
+           class="img-fluid" 
+           style="max-height: 120px; width: auto;">
     </div>
-  <button class="carousel-control-prev" type="button" data-bs-target="#carousel" data-bs-slide="prev">
-    <span class="carousel-control-prev-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
-    <span class="visually-hidden">Previous</span>
-  </button>
-  <button class="carousel-control-next" type="button" data-bs-target="#carousel" data-bs-slide="next">
-    <span class="carousel-control-next-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
-    <span class="visually-hidden">Next</span>
-  </button>
+  </div>
 </div>
+<!-- 
+The Atlas Analytics Lab conducts research across computer vision, deep learning, optimization, and natural language processing, with a strong application focus in digital and computational pathology. -->
 
-
-### Research
+# **Atlas Analytics Lab**
+---
 Our lab primarily develops new deep learning and computer vision methods, with computational pathology serving as a key domain for grounding, validation, and downstream impact. Our research focuses on:
   - **Deep Learning**: Representation Learning and Engineering, Efficient Training, Optimization
   - **Computer Vision**: Self-Supervised Learning (SSL), Hardware-Aware Architecture Design
diff --git a/_sass/_gallery.scss b/_sass/_gallery.scss
index 187254c..ac84a56 100644
--- a/_sass/_gallery.scss
+++ b/_sass/_gallery.scss
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
   
   // For browsers without masonry, row span set by JavaScript
   @supports not (grid-template-rows: masonry) {
-    grid-row-end: span auto;
+    grid-row-end: span 1;
   }
   
   &:hover {
diff --git a/css/main.scss b/css/main.scss
index 4437939..4b3c3b6 100644
--- a/css/main.scss
+++ b/css/main.scss
@@ -45,15 +45,15 @@ img {
 }
 
 .navbar-brand img {
-  height: 40px;
+  height: 60px;
 }
 
 html {
-  scroll-padding-top: calc(var(--atlas-nav-height, 5.5rem) + 1rem);
+  scroll-padding-top: calc(var(--atlas-nav-height, 2.75rem) + 1rem);
 }
 
 body {
-  padding-top: calc(var(--atlas-nav-height, 5.5rem) + env(safe-area-inset-top, 0px) + 1rem);
+  padding-top: calc(var(--atlas-nav-height, 2.75rem) + env(safe-area-inset-top, 0px) + 1rem);
   background-color: var(--atlas-body-bg);
   color: var(--atlas-body-text);
   transition: background-color 0.3s ease, color 0.3s ease;
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ body {
 
 @media (max-width: 991.98px) {
   :root {
-    --atlas-nav-height: 4.75rem;
+    --atlas-nav-height: 2.375rem;
   }
 
   body {
-    padding-top: calc(var(--atlas-nav-height, 4.75rem) + env(safe-area-inset-top, 0px) + 0.75rem);
+    padding-top: calc(var(--atlas-nav-height, 2.375rem) + env(safe-area-inset-top, 0px) + 0.75rem);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/images/logopic/MILA.png b/images/logopic/MILA.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc95cf7
Binary files /dev/null and b/images/logopic/MILA.png differ
diff --git a/images/logopic/Mcgill_University.jpg b/images/logopic/Mcgill_University.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91e36cb
Binary files /dev/null and b/images/logopic/Mcgill_University.jpg differ
diff --git a/js/gallery-masonry.js b/js/gallery-masonry.js
index a61d294..960695d 100644
--- a/js/gallery-masonry.js
+++ b/js/gallery-masonry.js
@@ -106,8 +106,3 @@
     initMasonry();
   }
 })();
-
-  } else {
-    initMasonry();
-  }
-})();