Merge pull request #372 from Severson-Group/v1.3-staging

Release v1.3.0

README.md

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-*The Advanced Motor Drive Controller (AMDC) is an open-source project from the [Severson Research Group](https://severson.wempec.wisc.edu/) at [UW-Madison](http://www.engr.wisc.edu/department/electrical-computer-engineering/), affiliated with [Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium (WEMPEC)](https://wempec.wisc.edu/).*
+*The Advanced Motor Drive Controller (AMDC) is an open-source project from the [Severson Research Group](https://elev.umn.edu/).*
 
 Learn more at [docs.amdc.dev](https://docs.amdc.dev/).
 
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 ## Contribute
 
-Want to help build the open-source motor drive platform of choice? Join the people below -- **[Contribute today!](./CONTRIBUTING.md)**
+Want to help build the leading open-source advanced motor drive platform? Join the people below -- **[Contribute today!](./CONTRIBUTING.md)**
 
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