diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
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--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -220,47 +220,52 @@ pluralizelisttitles = false
     weight     = 1
     parent     = "section.awards"
 
+[[menu.main]]
+    name       = "Software Engineering Academy"
+    url        = "/academy/inaugural-class.html"
+    weight     = 2
+    parent     = "section.awards"
 
 [[menu.main]]
     name       = "Distinguished Service"
     url        = "/awards/distinguishedservice"
-    weight     = 2
+    weight     = 3
     parent     = "section.awards"
 
 [[menu.main]]
     name       = "Outstanding Research"
     url        = "/awards/outstandingresearch"
-    weight     = 3
+    weight     = 4
     parent     = "section.awards"
 
 [[menu.main]]
     name       = "Influential Educator"
     url        = "/awards/influentialeducator"
-    weight     = 4
+    weight     = 5
     parent     = "section.awards"
 
 [[menu.main]]
     name       = "Impact Paper"
     url        = "/awards/impactpaper"
-    weight     = 5
+    weight     = 6
     parent     = "section.awards"
 
 [[menu.main]]
     name       = "Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation"
     url        = "/awards/dissertation"
-    weight     = 6
+    weight     = 7
     parent     = "section.awards"
 
 [[menu.main]]
     name       = "Early Career Researcher"
     url        = "/awards/earlycareerresearcher"
-    weight     = 7
+    weight     = 8
     parent     = "section.awards"
 
 [[menu.main]]
     name       = "ACM SIGSOFT - SIGBED Frank Anger Memorial"
     url        = "/awards/anger"
-    weight     = 8
+    weight     = 9
     parent     = "section.awards"
 
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diff --git a/content/awards/sigsoftAwards.md b/content/awards/sigsoftAwards.md
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@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ criteria for each of the SIGSOFT awards.
 ## Award Categories
 
 ### Senior Awards
+- **[Software Engineering Academy](/academy/inaugural-class.html)** - Honors lasting contributions to software engineering, in research, practice, and education
 - **[Distinguished Service Award](/awards/distinguishedservice/)** - Recognizes dedicated and important service to the software engineering community 
 - **[Outstanding Research Award](/awards/outstandingresearch/)** - Honors significant and lasting research contributions to the theory or practice of software engineering
 - **[Influential Educator Award](/awards/influentialeducator/)** - Celebrates significant contributions and impact on software engineering education as a teacher, mentor, researcher, author, and/or policy maker
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+  <div class="kicker">ACM SIGSOFT</div>
+  <h1>Inaugural Class of the ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Academy</h1>
+  <p class="lede">Eighty members recognized for <b>lasting contributions to software engineering, in research, practice, and education</b>. Additional members to be announced in late August.</p>
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+  <p class="intro">(July 14, 2026) The Academy launches with the first batch of the inaugural class: <b>a cohort of researchers, educators, and practitioners whose lasting contributions, influence, and leadership have shaped modern software engineering</b>. As a standing body of honor established by <a href="https://www2.sigsoft.org/">ACM SIGSOFT</a>, the Academy recognizes those whose cumulative work has defined the foundations of software engineering and its growth. New members will be elected annually through nominations from the community.</p>
+  <p class="intro">(July 7, 2026) The Academy and its inaugural class were previewed at the <a href="https://conf.researchr.org/home/fse-2026">FSE 2026</a> conference in Montreal as part of the <b>Fifty Years of ACM SIGSOFT</b> celebrations.</p>
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+<footer><div>About SIGSOFT: The ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering provides a forum for computing professionals from industry, government, and academia to examine principles, practices, and new research results in software engineering.</div><br>Copyright (c) 2020 - 2026, SIGSOFT; all rights reserved.</footer>
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