NIUSSP, the News Magazine of IUSSP, featured research by CSDE Affiliate Hyungmin Cha (Sociology) on the link between education and dementia risk. In the US, each additional year of education is linked to a lower risk of dementia in later life. The decline is steady across the education spectrum, not limited to earning a degree. However, high school diplomas confer extra protection mainly for men and White Americans, revealing important inequality patterns. The peer reviewed article underlying this news piece was published in Demography last year and is titled “How Does the Risk of Dementia Change With Each Additional Year of Education?”.