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Julia Bond, an epidemiologist at BU. The NIH recently granted Bond $1.25m to further Bond’s research on sexual health and wellness. COURTESY OF JULIA BOND

BU professor of epidemiology aims to destigmatize sexual health through $1.25M NIH grant

By Luke Wise October 27, 2025
About 20 years ago, Julia Bond attended a peer health education group meeting at Bowdoin College when she realized discussions about sexual health programming almost always ignored one topic: pleasure.  “It was a really interesting disconnect where the public health focus was on [topics] that were important but that were not necessarily the primary concern for at least from what I was seeing,” Bond said. “So I kind of went rogue.” 
BUnited meets with a student at BU beach

BUnited slate runs uncontested in StuGov elections

By Molly Farrar March 4, 2021
With the Boston University Student Government elections fast approaching, the BUnited slate is ready to begin their term as the next StuGov Executive Board, said Student Body President-nominee Nyah Jordan, a junior in the College of Communication.
EDITORIAL: COVID-19 created a new age of consent

EDITORIAL: COVID-19 created a new age of consent

By Editors September 10, 2020
While the sex-positive conversations on campus are beneficial to students, there seems to be a misconception that partying and large social gatherings are the only ways for the virus to spread. The virus can be transmitted through nearly any interaction we have with one another.
Gina Brown, an obstetrician gynecologist, speaks about the importance of students communicating with their sexual partner the steps they have taken to prevent COVID-19. SERENA YU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Sexual health experts talk pandemic sex

By Chloe Liu September 9, 2020
A return to residential campus life means a return to college social lives, inviting a host of questions amid a public health crisis. Among the uncertainties is how to practice social distancing while maintaining a sex life.
PHOTO BY MIKE DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REYNOLDS: Sending the Wrong Message

By Rebecca Reynolds September 29, 2014

I spent my Saturday night watching spoken word poets on YouTube, as I often do, and came across a verse that made me think. Belissa Escobedo and Rhiannon McGavin passionately chant, “Consent is sexy....

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