Congratulations to Ryan Dilger, associate professor of animal sciences and member of the Bioimaging Science and Technology Group; Hyun Joon Kong, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and member of the Bioimaging Science and Technology Group; Paris Smaragdis, associate professor of computer science and member of the Illinois Language and Literacy Initiative; and Rebecca Stumpf, professor of anthropology and member of the Bioacoustics Research Lab, for receiving the 2016 Distinguished Promotion Award from the University of Illinois.