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2 months ago | 
georgetownvoice.com | Imani Liburd |Phoebe Nash
Three Georgetown students founded What’s the Word, is a new events app that seeks to build community on campus.
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2 months ago | 
georgetownvoice.com | Imani Liburd |Aubrey Butterfield
Myles Slayton (CAS ’25) and Willy Conzelman (CAS ’25) are working to make online dating better and safer with their new dating app, Cerca.
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Mar 29, 2025 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Imani Liburd |Eileen Weisner |Aashna Nadarajah |Sarah Watson
“Piece of trash,” “thug,” “classless”—these social media comments described Angel Reese after the 2023 NCAA National Championship game against University of Iowa. Reese, then a Louisiana State University (LSU) women’s basketball player, taunted Iowa’s Caitlin Clark by doing the “you can’t see me” hand gesture and pointing to her finger, indicating to Clark that she would win the national championship ring. LSU ultimately did win, and Reese’s clip didn’t take long to go viral.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Imani Liburd |Aubrey Butterfield |Kayla Hewitt |Max Fredell
Apparently, seven percent of Georgetown students find forever love on the Hilltop. That’s also the percentage of students with flex dollars still left over by March, the percentage of students in the MSB who don’t have to color for a single assignment this week, and the percentage of athletes on campus not currently wearing their team’s merch. But if you haven’t found the love of your life yet, don’t fret—they might just be a missed connection.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Sarah Watson |Samantha Monteiro |Imani Liburd |Annemarie Cuccia
Elections open for GUSA president and vice president, and for class of 2028 and at-large senators, on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. eastern. Polls close Thursday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. eastern. This article will be updated with a link to the voting form. The editorial board has been clear about its disenchantment with GUSA. However, absent major structural reforms, GUSA’s president and vice president still matter greatly in advocating for student needs to an often unresponsive university administration.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Samantha Monteiro |Imani Liburd |Annemarie Cuccia |Nora Scully
After turning in their ballots for federal and state elections, it’ll be time for Hoyas to cast their votes again, this time for the next GUSA Executive team. Elections open on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 8 p.m., and students will be emailed a link to vote on Qualtrics until Thursday, Nov.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Katie Doran |Imani Liburd
Four years ago, in the face of the Jan. 6 insurrection, the D.C. government failed to protect the District’s unhoused population from the heightened threat of political violence. As a result, unhoused residents faced forcible displacement and the disruption of access to food and other resources, in addition to incidents of verbal and physical harassment.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Katie Doran |Imani Liburd |Ajani Jones |Annabella Hoge
Washington, D.C. has many nicknames, from “the District” to “the swamp.” But the city’s most popular nickname is more than just a name—it’s a symbol of centuries of Black community, history, and fights for justice. Welcome to Chocolate City. D.C. earned the title “Chocolate City” when it became widely considered the first large city in the country to have a majority Black population. At its peak in 1970, Black residents made up 71% of the city.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Imani Liburd
Georgetown’s board of directors announced on Feb. 29 that Georgetown’s Department of African American Studies will now be known as the Department of Black Studies. The change is intended to allow faculty and students to engage in curriculum beyond the African American identity, instead seeking to understand global Black experiences.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Graham Krewinghaus |Sydney Carroll |Imani Liburd |Paul James
The university announced today in an email to all resident assistants (RAs) that it would not voluntarily recognize their unionization with OPEIU Local 153, as the Georgetown Resident Assistant Coalition (GRAC) requested last Friday in a letter delivered to the President’s office. The response sets the tables for an election, likely to be held next month, in which RAs will be able to vote on whether to form a union.
