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diff --git a/_data/nav.yml b/_data/nav.yml
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--- a/_data/nav.yml
+++ b/_data/nav.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 - title: "home"
   href: "/"
 
-- title: "Code of Conduct"
-  href: "/code-of-conduct.html"
-
 - title: "Calendar"
   href: "/calendar.html"
 
diff --git a/_includes/asides/recent_posts.html b/_includes/asides/recent_posts.html
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--- a/_includes/asides/recent_posts.html
+++ b/_includes/asides/recent_posts.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ <h2>Recent Posts</h2>
     {% endfor %}
   </ul>
   <p>
-    <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cornell-rug/cornell-rug.github.io/main/crug.png"
+    <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cornell-rug/cornell-rug.github.io/main/R.png"
          width="350px"/>
   </p>
 </aside>
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--- a/index.md
+++ b/index.md
@@ -8,9 +8,19 @@ title: Cornell R Users Group
 
 # Cornell R User's Group
 
-The is the homepage of the (soon to be launched) Cornell R Users' Group.
+The is the homepage of the (soon to be launched) Cornell R Users' Group - welcome!
 
+The goal of this group is to create a community of R users at Cornell who support each other in using R. It will provide a space for people at all levels to connect and learn skills, methods, and practices in R that they can apply to their research and professional work.
 
+## New to R?
+
+Come to the Big Red Barn on Thursday, January 25th anytime between 3 and 5!
+
+Getting R and RStudio set up on your computer can be challenging, but CSCU is here to help! Stop in any time during this session to get help installing R, RStudio, and R packages (such as tidyverse). This is a great opportunity to make sure you're ready to go with R before classes start or attending one of CSCU's R workshops. We can also help troubleshoot pesky package installation issues. Snacks will be provided!
+
+## Join the listserv
+
+To join the listserv, send an email to: r-user-group-L-request@cornell.edu using the subject "join" and a blank message to be added to the listserv.
 
 <!--Welcome to the Davis R Users' Group (D-RUG)!  We are a community of R-Users at UC Davis who support each other in using [R](https://cran.r-project.org/) for science and research. Our focus is providing a space for any/all levels to learn from each other.