Today is World AIDS Day and SMU is joining the ranks other universities and countries around the world in commemorating the day.

World AIDS Day is observed Dec. 1 every year and is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic. Since 1995, the U.S. President has made an official proclamation on World AIDS Day.

It is also the 22nd annual Day With(out) Art, a movement launched in 1989 by the group Visual AIDS to mark the effect of the AIDS crisis on the arts community. The Meadows School of the Arts will hold a free screening of the film Untitled in observance of the day.

Meadows will be among more than 50 colleges, museums and arts groups holding a screening of the film.

Untitled is a documentary featuring montages of archival footage recalling the period of activism in the early days of the AIDS crisis. The screening will take place in the Greer Carson Screening Room of the Owen Arts Building at 5:30 p.m.