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The benefits of cranberries go far beyond serving as an ingredient in a sauce that pairs perfectly with Thanksgiving turkey. Native Americans used them to treat urinary infections, wounds and other ailments. The fruit may also boost the immune system, promote good gut bacteria and help prevent chronic disease. Read our Q&A with Amy Howell, an associate research scientist at the Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension, to learn why you should feel good about having them on the Thanksgiving dinner table. 

Meet Leslie M. Kantor, the inaugural chair of the Department of Urban-Global Public Health, part of the Rutgers' School of Public Health, who has dedicated her career to public health as a pathway to social and economic justice. Learn more about her work as a leader in sexual and reproductive health in the latest in our series on Rutgers scholars and their impact on the women's movement.

Read about a group of students who recently spent a chilly November morning digging through the soil at Von Thun Farms to collect potatoes left behind after the season's annual harvest. The event, led by Student-Organized Rutgers Against Hunger and New Jersey Farmers Against Hunger, helped put food on the table this Thanksgiving for families in need.

While most people would agree that parents should not have favorites, a new Rutgers-led experimental study found that women really preferred daughters and fathers – not as strongly – favored sons. The findings, says senior author Lee Cronk, a professor in the Department of Anthropology, may help people be better parents if they become more aware of unconscious biases they hold about their children.

Canvas will be the university’s official learning management system in a move that will replace the multiple digital tools being used across Rutgers with a system known for its ease of use, flexibility and mobile capabilities. Learn more about Canvas and the universitywide transition that will take place over the next few years.

The majority of hospitals have room to improve the work environment for nurses and assure adequate staffing to improve patient safety, according to a recent study by a team of researchers that included Olga Jarrín, an assistant professor at Rutgers School of Nursing and the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research. Find out what the studies says should be done to make improvements. 

Learn about a collaboration between Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the U. S. National Guard to prepare medics to treat the devastating injuries they will encounter when deployed. The program trains combat medics using cadavers of military veterans who donated their bodies to science in another sacrifice for their country.

Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood, will honor alumnus Anita Ashok Datar's commitment to advocacy for justice in women's global health at the second annual Institute for Women's Leadership lecture named for Datar on Nov. 7. Read a Q&A with Richards about reproductive health care issues facing U.S. women, including maternal mortality, disparities in care and reduced access to care ahead of the lecture at Rutgers-New Brunswick.

The Office of Veteran and Military Programs and Services at Rutgers University–New Brunswick invites student veterans out  for a round of golf at the Rutgers University Golf Course this Friday.  Student veterans will receive golf lessons from PGA and LPGA professional instructors, while also learning vital networking skills that translate on and off the course.

A group of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School physicians are learning improv to help them communicate the complexities of science and medicine to each other and the general public. Learn about the workshops, created through a partnership between Nicholas Ponzio at the medical school and David Dannenfelser at Mason Gross School of the Arts, to teach the art of speaking plainly and effectively.

A new book by Jeffrey Lane, assistant professor in the School of Communication and Information, is the first to capture neighborhood life as it moves between the streets and social media. Learn more about the inspiration behind The Digital Street, which examines how social media impacts the lives of black teenagers and tackles some of the communication field's most pressing topics: privacy, visibility, surveillance, social support and networks.

Hear from Moshe Zonder, this semester’s Schusterman Visiting Israeli Artist at the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life, about what goes into successful screenwriting, the value for students in hard work and a little confidence and find out how his lessons span 2,500 years in literary history.