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Most do not think that Black people are any more likely to be affected by pollution than white people, despite evidence that racism is a root cause of environmental injustice.

A better social life could reverse memory problems in people with early signs of dementia, research suggests.

Utah has one of the largest gender wage gaps in the nation, with women making on average 70% of what their male counterparts make.

For University of Utah sociology Prof. Kim Korinek, another key figure in the study, the project will be a way to measure the effects of war on those who may not have had direct contact with the conflict -- an area, she said, that's gone largely unstudied.

“Terroir is about land. It’s the taste of place, literally,” says Marie Sarita Gaytán, author of ¡Tequila! Distilling the Spirit of Mexico and associate professor of sociology and gender studies at the University of Utah. “But it’s also about people. It’s about what people do. It’s about how people live. It’s about what people bring. The knowledge. The generational know-how. It’s about families.”