diff --git a/_data/navigation.yml b/_data/navigation.yml
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--- a/_data/navigation.yml
+++ b/_data/navigation.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ main:
     url: /team/
   - title: "publications"
     url: /publications/
+  - title: "data"
+    url: /data/
   - title: "outreach and news"
     url: /outreach/
   - title: "handbook"
     url: /handbook/
   - title: "contact"
     url: /contact/
+
diff --git a/_layouts/home.html b/_layouts/home.html
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--- a/_layouts/home.html
+++ b/_layouts/home.html
@@ -1,22 +1,13 @@
 ---
-layout: archive
+layout: splash
 ---
 
-{{ content }}
 
-<h3 class="archive__subtitle">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].recent_posts | default: "Recent Posts" }}</h3>
+<div class="content-container">
+  <!-- <img src="{{ '/assets/images/holiday-lab-pic-2023-12-14.jpg' | relative_url }}" alt="Description of Image" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 50%;"> Adjust width as needed -->
 
-{% if paginator %}
-  {% assign posts = paginator.posts %}
-{% else %}
-  {% assign posts = site.posts %}
-{% endif %}
-
-{% assign entries_layout = page.entries_layout | default: 'list' %}
-<div class="entries-{{ entries_layout }}">
-  {% for post in posts %}
-    {% include archive-single.html type=entries_layout %}
-  {% endfor %}
-</div>
-
-{% include paginator.html %}
+  <p>
+    The Moncla lab is located at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. We work on RNA virus emergence, evolution, and transmission.
+    <!-- skip a few lines -->
+  </p>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_pages/outreach.md b/_pages/outreach.md
index 05af474..f1df6fc 100755
--- a/_pages/outreach.md
+++ b/_pages/outreach.md
@@ -3,6 +3,20 @@ permalink: /outreach/
 title: "News and Outreach"
 ---
 
+### December 12, 2023: Lab field trip!
+The lab took a field trip! We went to see our friends and collaborators based out to Penn Vet's large animal campus at New Bolton Center. We had a research update with investigators with the [Wildlife Futures Program](https://www.vet.upenn.edu/research/centers-laboratories/research-initiatives/wildlife-futures-program), picked up samples, and got to meet some alpacas! 
+
+<center>
+<img src="/monclalab/assets/images/field-trip-2023-12-12.jpg" width="100%" title="friendly alpacas, and 2 sheep" align="left" vspace="30">
+</center>
+<br/>
+
+<center>
+<img src="/monclalab/assets/images/alpacas-2023-12-12.jpg" width="100%" title="friendly alpacas, and 2 sheep" align="left" vspace="30">
+</center>
+<br/>
+
+
 ### August 28, 2023: The lab goes to the CEIRR Network Meeting 
 Jordan, Lambo, and I went to the [CEIRR](https://www.ceirr-network.org/) Annual Network meeting this year in Baltimore, MD. Lambo gave a poster on some work from his PhD using generalized additive models to model seasonal influenza circulation and transmission patterns, and Jordan got to meet some new people and hear about a lot of cool research! I did a demo of the [avian flu Nextstrain builds](https://nextstrain.org/flu/avian/h5nx/ha) for the [Computational Modeling Core](https://www.ceirrcmc.org/) showcase, and gave a talk on our work using new structured coalescent models to study H5Nx cross-species transmission. It was really fun to see old friends and meet some new people as well. 
 
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