<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/downstate-update/2025/november/11-26-world-aids-day.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>11/26/2025 10:24:49 AM</pubDate><title>Acknowledging World AIDS Day</title><sub-title/><description>On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2025, the STAR Program honors all those affected by HIV and reaffirms our commitment to compassionate, equitable care. This year’s UNAIDS theme—“Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response”—feels especially relevant amid funding uncertainties, policy shifts, and a rising climate of stigma that affects our community. </description><author>Office of Communications &amp; Marketing</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/news-events/downstate-update/2025/november/_images/star-survivors-quilt-2025.png" alt="Star Survivors Quilt"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/news-events/downstate-update/2025/november/11-26-world-aids-day.xml</loc><categories/></item>