The special was produced and presented by Catalyst staff reporter Maryanne Demasi, who has a PhD in medical research.
A report last summer by Catalyst Chicago, an independent publication that reports on school issues, raised questions about UNO's ability to finance all its school-related programs.
("Get In Get Out," produced by Catalyst and Detail, sounds like post-crunk, bouncing Lil Jon's vocals around in a reverb hall of mirrors).
In a recent study by Catalyst of around 1,000 dual-career earners, a large majority of the couples predictably said they liked having two incomes.
Just 6.4percentt of its corporate officers are women, compared with an average of 11.9percentt for all the Fortune 500 companies, according to a 1999 survey by Catalyst, a nonprofit research and advisory group that studies women in business.
Women occupied fewer than 1percentt of the chief executive slots among these giants, according to a 1998 census conducted by Catalyst, a New York-based women's research organization.
The forum's findings also follow a global study of 4,500 business school graduates published last month by Catalyst, a U.S.-based organization that advocates for women in the workplace.
In Chicago, at least 14 percent of kindergarteners and 62 percent of preschoolers in public schools were chronically absent in 2009-10, according to an analysis of attendance data by Catalyst Chicago.
All told, women account for just 2.7 percent of the chief executives in the financial industry and 16.8 percent of the executive officers, according to a study by Catalyst.
In the United States, women account for 2.7 percent of the chief executives in the financial industry, and 16.8 percent of the executive officers, according to a study by Catalyst.
Created by Catalyst Theater, a company in Edmonton, Alberta, that melds music-theater, physical performance and poetic text, "Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe" arrives courtesy of the New Victory Theater.
