Chapter 1 “An Injured Lion Still Wants to Roar”: Pausch has a dilemma in deciding to give his last lecture or not. His desire to leave a tangible memory of himself for his three young children …

Carnegie Mellon University alum and professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007 before a packed McConomy Auditorium.

Apr 8, 2008 · Pausch delivered his "Last Lecture", titled Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams, at CMU on September 18, 2007. His last lecture was extra-special, as it was conceived after …

Randy Pausch's famous Last Lecture, titled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," was delivered in 2007 after a terminal cancer diagnosis and has since become a global phenomenon.

Apr 8, 2008 · When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been …

In 2006, professor Randy Pausch was diagnosed with a terminal case of pancreatic cancer. The next year, he stepped in front of an audience of hundreds of students and colleagues to …

I had come to see it as the last moment of my career, as a way to say goodbye to my “work family.” I also found myself fantasizing about giving a last lecture that would be the oratorical …

The Last Lecture study guide contains a biography of Randy Pausch, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer and invited to give a “last lecture”—a talk where professors are …

Randy Pausch’s “The Last Lecture” is a heartfelt memoir stemming from a fateful moment. Given just months to live due to terminal pancreatic cancer, Pausch was asked to deliver a lecture …