diff --git a/src/components/ui/Nav.js b/src/components/ui/Nav.js
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+import React from 'react'
+import Link from 'next/link';
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+
+/**
+ * Displays a navigation bar with logo and menu links
+ * @param {Object} props object with the following properties:
+ * {
+ *  logo: The relative url to the logo image
+ *  navMenu: An array of objects with menu items. E.g : [{ title: 'Blog', path: '/blog' },{ title: 'Search', path: '/search' }]
+ * }
+ * @returns React Component
+ */
+const Nav = ({ logo, navMenu }) => {
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
+  const handleClick = (event) => {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    setOpen(!open);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <nav className="flex items-center justify-between flex-wrap bg-white p-4 border-b border-gray-200">
+      <div className="flex items-center flex-shrink-0 text-gray-700 mr-6">
+        <img src={logo} alt="portal logo" width="40" />
+      </div>
+      <div className="block lg:hidden mx-4">
+        <button
+          onClick={handleClick}
+          className="flex items-center px-3 py-2 border rounded text-gray-700 border-orange-400 hover:text-black hover:border-black"
+        >
+          <svg
+            className="fill-current h-3 w-3"
+            viewBox="0 0 20 20"
+            xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+          >
+            <title>Menu</title>
+            <path d="M0 3h20v2H0V3zm0 6h20v2H0V9zm0 6h20v2H0v-2z" />
+          </svg>
+        </button>
+      </div>
+      <div className={`${open ? `block` : `hidden`} lg:block`}>
+        {navMenu.map((menu, index) => {
+          return (<Link href={menu.path} key={index}>
+            <a className="block mt-4 lg:inline-block lg:mt-0 active:bg-primary-background text-gray-700 hover:text-black mr-6">
+              {menu.title}
+            </a>
+          </Link>)
+        })}
+      </div>
+    </nav>
+  );
+};
+
+Nav.propTypes = {
+  logo: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+  navMenu: PropTypes.string
+}
+export default Nav;
diff --git a/src/components/ui/Recent.js b/src/components/ui/Recent.js
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+import React from 'react';
+import Link from 'next/link';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+
+/**
+ * Displays a list of recent datasets
+ * @param {object} props
+ * datasets = {
+ *    organization: {name: <some name>, title: <some title> },
+ *    title: <Data package title>
+ *    name:  <Data package name>
+ *    description: <description of data package>
+ *    notes: <Notes associated with the data package>
+ * } 
+ * @returns React Component
+ */
+const Recent = ({datasets}) => {
+
+  return (
+    <section className="my-10 mx-4 lg:my-20">
+      <h1 className="text-2xl font-thin mb-4">Recent Datasets</h1>
+      <div className="recent flex flex-col lg:flex-row">
+        {datasets.map((dataset, index) => (
+          <div
+            key={index}
+            className="border px-4 mb-4 mr-3 border-gray-100 w-5/6 shadow-sm"
+          >
+            <h1 className="text-2xl font-thin">{dataset.title}</h1>
+            <p className="text-gray-500">
+              {dataset.organization && dataset.organization.description}
+            </p>
+            <Link
+              href={`/@${dataset.organization ? dataset.organization.name : 'dataset'
+                }/${dataset.name}`}
+            >
+              <a className="pt-3 flex justify-end text-orange-500">
+                View Dataset
+              </a>
+            </Link>
+          </div>
+        ))}
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  );
+};
+
+Recent.propTypes = {
+  datasets: PropTypes.object.isRequired
+}
+
+export default Recent;