 Randy Pausch | | 8,925 (8,937) | 299 | 2,334 |  (4.02) | 1 | 0 | Computer science professor, Randy Pausch, was born on October 23, 1960. He received his bachelor's degree in computer science from Brown University in 1982 and his Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1988. He was a member of the computer science faculty at the University of Virginia from 1988 to 1997 and spent a 1995 sabbatical working at Walt Disney Imagineering's Virtual Reality Studio before joining the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University. He was the co-founder of the Entertainment Technology Center and created the innovative educational software tool known as Alice that enables novices to create 3-D computer animations using a drag-and-drop interface. In September 2007, he gave a lecture entitled Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams, which was videotaped, found success on the Internet, and lead to a best-selling book entitled The Last Lecture. He died due to complications from pancreatic cancer on July 25, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Last Lecture … (more) |
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Randy Pausch has 5 past events. (show)  The 40+ Singles Group SPECIAL EVENT!!! Jeffery Zaslow: Co-author of The Last Lecture Randy Pausch , The Last Lecture. (Jeffrey Zaslow pictured with Randy Pausch).Jeffrey Zaslow is a columnist for The Wall Street Journal and co-author of the current international bestseller “The Last Lecture”. Zaslow attended the final lecture of dying Carnegie Mellon Professor
Randy Pausch and will be speaking about his
experience in writing the book. A book signing
will follow Mr. Zaslow’s talk. Co-sponsored by the
University of Richmond Recreation & Wellness
Department, The Jefferson Hotel and Fountain
Bookstore, Inc.
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For tickets call 285-6500 (booksense)… (more) SPECIAL EVENT!!! Jeffery Zaslow: Co-author of The Last Lecture Randy Pausch , The Last Lecture. Jeffrey Zaslow is a columnist for The Wall Street Journal and co-author of the current international bestseller “The Last Lecture”. Zaslow attended the final lecture of dying Carnegie Mellon Professor
Randy Pausch and will be speaking about his
experience in writing the book. A book signing
will follow Mr. Zaslow’s talk. Co-sponsored by the
University of Richmond Recreation & Wellness
Department, The Jefferson Hotel and Fountain
Bookstore, Inc.
$7 Member / $10 Non-Member / $5 Student
For tickets call 285-6500 (booksense)… (more)
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