hugo-academic/layouts/partials/footer_section.html

<footer class="site-footer">
  {{ with .Site.GetPage "privacy.md" }}
  <p class="powered-by">
    {{ printf "<a href=\"%s\">%s</a>" .Permalink .Title | safeHTML }}
  </p>
  {{ end }}

  <p class="powered-by">
    {{ with .Site.Copyright }}{{ . | markdownify}} &middot; {{ end }}

    Powered by the
    <a href="https://sourcethemes.com/academic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Academic theme</a> for
    <a href="https://gohugo.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hugo</a>.

    <span class="float-right" aria-hidden="true">
      <a href="#" id="back_to_top">
        <span class="button_icon">
          <i class="fas fa-chevron-up fa-2x"></i>
        </span>
      </a>
    </span>
  </p>
</footer>