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index d53caf2..311ebd1 100644
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@@ -8,13 +8,6 @@
     <title>Sayantan Santra | PhD Student at the University of Oklahoma</title>
     <script>
         function loader() {
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-            const year_span = document.getElementById("year-span");
-            const current_time = Date.now();
-            const year_num = Math.floor((parseInt(current_time) - 1627794000000) / 31536000000);
-            const year_array = ["first", "second", "third", "fourth", "fifth", "sixth"];
-            year_span.innerHTML = year_array[year_num];
-
             // put last modified
             const last_modified_span = document.getElementById("last-modified");
             const last_modified = new Date(document.lastModified);
@@ -42,7 +35,7 @@
         </div>
 
         <hr />
-        <p>I'm a <span id="year-span"></span> year PhD student in the Department of Mathematics
+        <p>I'm a PhD candidate in the Department of Mathematics
             at the University of Oklahoma, working with
             <a href="https://math.ou.edu/~kmartin">Dr. Kimball Martin</a>.
         </p>
@@ -65,4 +58,4 @@
     </div>
 </body>
 
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