Randy Pausch

Spotted Reading Publicly

Amy Hertz | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books


Amy Hertz

We all have different ways of discovering books, and spotting them being read in public is just one. At Huffington Post, we are very interested in what people are reading around the country.

Randy Pausch and the Power of Digital Media

Mathew Ingram | Posted 08.05.2008 | Media


Mathew Ingram

Could something like Randy Pausch's last lecture ever have become as widespread a phenomenon without YouTube and the Internet? I can't see how.

Randy Pausch, "Last Lecture" Professor, Dies At 47

Huffington Post | Posted 08.03.2008 | Living


The New York Times reports on the death of Professor Randy Pausch: Randy Pausch, the professor whose "last lecture" made him a Lou-Gehrig-like symbol...

Mike Leigh, Randy Pausch, Reader's Digest and an End to Miserablism

Margaret Heffernan | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media


Margaret Heffernan

Mike Leigh, who more or less invented miserablism as an art form, has changed his tune. His new film, Happy-Go-Lucky is, as the title suggests, cheerful. What's he doing?

How To Die Happy

Verena von Pfetten | Posted 05.29.2008 | Living


Verena von Pfetten

We were given some bad, sad, and shocking news yesterday. It was announced that Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Terminal ...

The Last Lecture and Living in Technicolor

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 04.27.2008 | Living


Kimberly Brooks

Much has been made recently of Randy Pausch's "The Last Lecture". He is a Professor at Carnegie Mellon and six months ago he was diagnosed with pancr...

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 04.26.2008 | Living


Kimberly Brooks

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"Last Lecture" Professor Passes Six Month Mark

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 04.17.2008 | Living


What would you say if you knew you were going to die and had a chance to sum up everything that was most important to you? That's the hypothetical qu...