diff --git a/productMods/templates/entity/serviceActivityShortView.jsp b/productMods/templates/entity/serviceActivityShortView.jsp
index 3c5d3b64..ef2cda94 100644
--- a/productMods/templates/entity/serviceActivityShortView.jsp
+++ b/productMods/templates/entity/serviceActivityShortView.jsp
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
     PREDICATE - predicateUri
     OBJECT - individual
 
+    Predicates: professionalServiceActivity on Person page: Person professionalServiceActivity ServiceActivity
+                organizationRelatedActivity on Organization page: Organization organizationRelatedActivity ServiceActivity
 --%>
 
 <c:choose>
@@ -20,13 +22,21 @@
                 <c:set var="title" value=" ${serviceActivity.dataPropertyMap['http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#titleOrRole'].dataPropertyStatements[0].data}"/>
                                 
                 <%-- Get the time span of the service activity --%>
-                <%-- RY FIX the display --%>
                 <c:set var="startYearMonth" value="${serviceActivity.dataPropertyMap['http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#startYearMonth'].dataPropertyStatements[0].data}"/>
                 <c:set var="endYearMonth" value="${serviceActivity.dataPropertyMap['http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#endYearMonth'].dataPropertyStatements[0].data}"/>
                 <c:if test="${!empty startYearMonth}">
-                    <c:set var="timeSpan" value=", ${startYearMonth} - "/>
+                    <%-- RY Don't know whether we should display just the year, or month and year.
+                    Latter looks like too much info, but why collect it if we aren't going to display it?
+                    Needs reformatting, otherwise we get e.g., "2008-10 - 2009-12"
+                    <c:set var="startDate" value="${fn:substring(startYearMonth, 0, 4)}" /> --%>
+                    <c:set var="start" value="${fn:split(startYearMonth, '-')}" />
+                    <c:set var="startDate" value="${start[1]}/${start[0]}" />
+                    <c:set var="timeSpan" value=", ${startDate} - "/>
                     <c:if test="${!empty endYearMonth}">
-                        <c:set var="timeSpan" value="${timeSpan}${endYearMonth}"/>
+                        <%-- <c:set var="endDate" value="${fn:substring(endYearMonth, 0, 4)}" /> --%>
+                        <c:set var="end" value="${fn:split(endYearMonth, '-')}" />
+                        <c:set var="endDate" value="${end[1]}/${end[0]}" />                        
+                        <c:set var="timeSpan" value="${timeSpan}${endDate}"/>
                     </c:if>
                 </c:if>
 
@@ -46,19 +56,18 @@
                             <c:when test="${!empty serviceActivity.dataPropertyMap['http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#involvedOrganizationName'].dataPropertyStatements[0].data}">
                                 <c:set var="objName" value="${individual.dataPropertyMap['http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#involvedOrganizationName'].dataPropertyStatements[0].data}"/>
                             </c:when>
-                            
-                            <c:otherwise><%-- There's not even an organization name, so just display the title in place of the name --%>
-                               <c:set var="objName" value="${title}"/>
-                               <c:set var="title" value="" /><%-- don't output title twice --%>
-                            </c:otherwise>
+                            <%-- otherwise case defined below --%>
                         </c:choose>                          
                     </c:when>
 
                     <%-- CASE 2: SUBJECT is Organization, OBJECT is ServiceActivity --%>
                     <c:when test="${predicateUri == 'http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#organizationRelatedActivity'}">
-                        <c:set var="obj" value="${serviceActivity.objectPropertyMap['http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#professionalServiceActivityBy'].objectPropertyStatements[0].object}" />
-                        <c:set var="objName" value="${obj.name}"/>
-                        <c:set var="objUri" value="${obj.URI}"/>                                          
+                        <c:if test="${!empty serviceActivity.objectPropertyMap['http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#professionalServiceActivityBy']}">
+                            <c:set var="obj" value="${serviceActivity.objectPropertyMap['http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#professionalServiceActivityBy'].objectPropertyStatements[0].object}" />
+                            <c:set var="objName" value="${obj.name}"/>
+                            <c:set var="objUri" value="${obj.URI}"/>
+                        </c:if> 
+                        <%-- else case handled below --%>                                         
                     </c:when>
                           
                     <%-- CASE 3: Other predicate --%>    
@@ -67,6 +76,12 @@
                     </c:otherwise>             
                 </c:choose>
 
+                <%-- No objName defined in either Case 1 or Case 2 --%>
+                <c:if test="${empty objName}">
+                    <c:set var="objName" value="${title}"/>
+                    <c:set var="title" value="" /><%-- don't output title twice --%>                    
+                </c:if>
+                               
                 <%-- Create an html link element to the objUri --%>
                 <c:if test="${!empty objUri}">
                     <c:url var="orgLink" value="/entity"><c:param name="uri" value="${objUri}"/></c:url>