Bryan called me and told me earlier that today Randy Pausch passed away from complications due to pancreatic cancer. Carnegie Mellon has a lovely article on their main site today about him. It’s terribly sad. I’m just glad he was able to give and record his last lecture as well as the amazing feat of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘randy pausch’
We’ll miss you, Randy Pausch
Posted in being a grown up, tagged carnegie mellon, randy pausch on Friday 25 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Musings on Carnegie Mellon
Posted in academics, being a grown up, the past, tagged ap exam, carnegie mellon, carnival, college, pittsburgh, randy pausch, sleeping bag weekend on Thursday 13 December 2007 | 1 Comment »
If you know me personally then you know that I graduated from Carnegie Mellon last May. I’ve written about it a bunch of times (click the tag down there on the right that says “Carnegie Mellon” and you’ll see what I mean) and naturally it’s responsible in a large way for who I am. I [...]
Randy Pausch & Carnegie Mellon
Posted in feel good, the past, tagged aww, carnegie mellon, inspirational, professor, randy pausch on Friday 12 October 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been thinking a lot about Professor Randy Pausch lately, one of the bazillion professors at CMU I never had during my 4 years there as a student. (One of the reasons I’m sad I graduated; but then again…) Essentially, here’s the rundown on who he is and what he’s done lately to be newsworthy. [...]
