Author: Rebecca Docter

With her new product line Womaness, Michelle Jacobs ’94 helps women embrace menopause. One word. Nine letters. Women dread its onset. Menopause. The condition starts affecting women around age 50, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the transition into menopause can be startling. Symptoms like hot flashes, changes in weight, and irregular menstrual cycles have women looking for quick solutions. And as menopause ebbs away, women find themselves getting to know a new body. To make those transitions more tolerable, Michelle Jacobs ’94 and her business partner, Sally Mueller, created Womaness, a line of products for…

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Landscape designer Lynn Becker ’78 thinks about climate change as much as aesthetics when she styles gardens for her clients.

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