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++ **10/2026** My PhD student [**Karuna
+  Grewal**](https://www.cs.cornell.edu/~kgrewal/) received the [**2026 ACM
+  SIGPLAN John Vlissides
+  Award**](https://sigplan-pages.sigplan.hosting.acm.org/Awards/Vlissides/) for
+  applied software research. Huge congratulations Karuna!!
 + **08/2026** This fall, I'll be teaching [**Category Theory for Computer
   Scientists (CS 6117)**](https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs6117/2026fa/).
 + **08/2026** **$\lambda_{\lambda}$: A Programming Language for Photonic