diff --git a/hypha/apply/activity/templates/activity/notifications.html b/hypha/apply/activity/templates/activity/notifications.html
index 068a0a6c8181bef0469f983d7eb6f67298178552..bd48329c06dcf9e49406004b24952455698efd51 100644
--- a/hypha/apply/activity/templates/activity/notifications.html
+++ b/hypha/apply/activity/templates/activity/notifications.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% extends "base-apply.html" %}
-{% load i18n static activity_tags apply_tags %}
+{% load i18n static activity_tags apply_tags bleach_tags markdown_tags submission_tags %}
 
 {% block content %}
 <div class="admin-bar">
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
         <div class="tabs js-tabs">
             <div class="tabs__container">
                 <a class="tab__item" href="#comments" data-tab="tab-1">
-                    {% trans "Comments" %}
+                    {% trans "Communications" %}
                 </a>
 
                 <a class="tab__item" href="#actions" data-tab="tab-2">
-                    {% trans "Actions" %}
+                    {% trans "Activity Feed" %}
                 </a>
             </div>
         </div>
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
             {% if activity.type == 'comment' %}
                 <div class="feed__item feed__item--comment">
                     <div class="feed__pre-content">
-                        <p class="feed__label feed__label--comment">{{ activity.source_content_type.name|source_type }}</p>
+                        <p class="feed__label feed__label--{{ activity.source_content_type.name|source_type|lower }}">{{ activity.source_content_type.name|source_type }}</p>
                     </div>
                     <div class="feed__content js-feed-content">
                         <div class="feed__meta js-feed-meta">
-                            <p class="feed__meta-item"><a href="{{ activity.source.get_absolute_url }}">{{ activity.source.title|capfirst|truncatechars:15 }}</a>
+                            <p class="feed__meta-item"><a href="{{ activity.source.get_absolute_url }}">{{ activity.source.title|capfirst }}</a>
                                 : {{ activity.user }} made a comment – {{ activity.timestamp|date:"SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT" }}</p>
                         </div>
                     </div>
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@
             {% if activity.type == 'action' %}
                 <div class="feed__item feed__item--action">
                     <div class="feed__pre-content">
-                        <p class="feed__label feed__label--action">{{ activity.source_content_type.name|source_type }}</p>
+                        <p class="feed__label feed__label--{{ activity.source_content_type.name|source_type|lower }}">{{ activity.source_content_type.name|source_type }}</p>
                     </div>
                     <div class="feed__content js-feed-content">
                         <div class="feed__meta js-feed-meta">
-                            <p class="feed__meta-item"><a href="{{ activity.source.get_absolute_url }}">{{ activity.source.title|capfirst|truncatechars:15 }}</a>
-                                    : {{ activity.message }} {% if activity.related_object %}<a href="{{ activity.related_object.get_absolute_url }}">{{ activity.related_object|model_verbose_name }}</a>{% endif %}
+                            <p class="feed__meta-item"><a href="{{ activity.source.get_absolute_url }}">{{ activity.source.title|capfirst }}</a>
+                                : {{ activity|display_for:request.user }} {% if activity.related_object %}<a href="{{ activity.related_object.get_absolute_url }}">{{ activity.related_object|model_verbose_name }}</a>{% endif %}
                                  – {{ activity.timestamp|date:"SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT" }}</p>
                         </div>
                     </div>
diff --git a/hypha/static_src/src/sass/apply/components/_activity-notifications.scss b/hypha/static_src/src/sass/apply/components/_activity-notifications.scss
index 2edcbc103a69ac5a10438a373d126f983c6f0b58..b949d79350cb3e2d81a595ea7a9e32679a8d05c8 100644
--- a/hypha/static_src/src/sass/apply/components/_activity-notifications.scss
+++ b/hypha/static_src/src/sass/apply/components/_activity-notifications.scss
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
     font-size: 15px;
     background-color: $color--light-grey;
     min-width: 400px;
-    box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px 1px $color--light-mid-grey;
-    z-index: 1;
+    box-shadow: 1px 1px 6px 4px $color--light-mid-grey;
 
     p {
         color: $color--black;
diff --git a/hypha/static_src/src/sass/apply/components/_feed.scss b/hypha/static_src/src/sass/apply/components/_feed.scss
index 881f1f7366ca0fe62684aed28299d765d4ca500e..4f45fa2a6287dfcaf3ed7fd64c5a937fa65b5345 100644
--- a/hypha/static_src/src/sass/apply/components/_feed.scss
+++ b/hypha/static_src/src/sass/apply/components/_feed.scss
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@
             background-color: $color--mint;
         }
 
+        &--submission {
+            background-color: $color--green;
+        }
+
+        &--project {
+            background-color: $color--mint;
+        }
+
         &--mobile {
             display: block;
             margin-right: 10px;