Clarify our connection to The Carpentries

Co-authored-by: Tracy Teal <[email protected]>

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-This is a custom curriculum developed by the University of Michigan 
-Carpentries instance.
+This is a custom curriculum developed by the University of Michigan Carpentries instance. 
+While it is based on The Carpentries curriculum and teaching practices, 
+it is not officially overseen by The Carpentries organization. 
+We welcome any feedback or questions to us through 
+[GitHub](https://github.com/UMCarpentries/intro-curriculum-r). 
 
 The curriculum is developed for complete beginners interested in 
 learning reproducible data science techniques and integrates instruction