While most may may know Randy Pausch for his extremely popular YouTube lecture, the Carnegie Mellon professor was a household name to many television viewers as well. Since delivering his September ...

PITTSBURGH — Randy Pausch said obstacles serve a purpose: They "give us a chance to show how badly we want something." Confronted with incurable cancer, he devised a last lecture that became an ...

When Wall Street Journal columnist Jeffrey Zaslow planned to attend a lecture being given by Carnegie Mellon University professor Randy Pausch in September 2007, he didn't have very high expectations.

“The Last Lecture,” by Randy Pausch, is a very powerful message that can be used by everyone in life. Whether you are terminally ill or healthy, Randy’s “Last Lecture,” gives advice on every aspect of ...