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 [![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/illinois-r/uiucdata/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/illinois-r/uiucdata/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
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-# `uiucdata`
+# uiucdata: An R Data Package for UIUC Data
 
 The goal of `uiucdata` is to provide data sets available at the
 [University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)](http://illinois.edu/) 
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 [![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/illinois-r/uiucdata/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/illinois-r/uiucdata/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
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-# `uiucdata`
+# uiucdata: An R Data Package for UIUC Data
 
 The goal of `uiucdata` is to provide data sets available at the
 [University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign