![]() ![]() “Most of us would slip into a deep depression, but Randy used the experience as teaching material. In his last year, Pausch became a passionate spokesperson for the need for pancreatic cancer research. As an expert in user interface design, he also consulted with Google and Xerox PARC. ![]() He founded the Alice software project - a free, educational programming language - and did sabbaticals at Walt Disney Imagineering and Electronic Arts. The Last Lecture Study Guide Randy Pausch Study Guide Documents Q&As Discussions Download a PDF to print or study offline. But the lecture he gave-'Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams'-wasnt about dying. ![]() Pausch taught computer science, human-computer interaction and design for two decades at Carnegie Mellon University, where he co-founded its Entertainment Technology Center. When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didnt have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. ![]() The next year, he stepped in front of an audience of hundreds of students and colleagues to deliver a last lecture called "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams." Video of the lecture became a phenomenon on the Internet, captivating millions with its upbeat delivery and at-times darkly funny tone, and it was later adapted into a bestselling book and numerous television appearances that reached millions more. In 2006, professor Randy Pausch was diagnosed with a terminal case of pancreatic cancer. ![]()
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