PITTSBURGH — A Carnegie Mellon University professor whose “last lecture” of his life’s lessons became an Internet sensation was celebrated Monday for challenging people to strive for more than they ...

“There are stories behind everything on campus and they teach us about how we got to be where we are,” said Corey Earle ’07, an American studies lecturer. “Every name on every building has a story and ...

My colleague Ben Dean and I recently conducted an Internet survey of 1464 adults interested in positive psychology that asked what they would most like to know about this new field. A large number ...

PITTSBURGH — Randy Pausch said obstacles serve a purpose: They "give us a chance to show how badly we want something." Confronted with incurable cancer, he devised a last lecture that became an ...

Do you remember those pearls of wisdom offered by the speaker at your graduation? Me neither. Heck, I gave the salutatorian speech for our high school class (I was No. 2 out of 11), and don’t even ...

Nobel Laureate Andrea Ghez gave her Last Lecture on May 14 to an auditorium filled with Bruins, her former students and fellow faculty. Thousands of Bruins voted for Ghez – who was one of 260 faculty ...

“The Last Lecture,” by Randy Pausch, is a very powerful message that can be used by everyone in life. Whether you are terminally ill or healthy, Randy’s “Last Lecture,” gives advice on every aspect of ...

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08207/899511-100.stm<BR><BR>The author of The Last Lecture has passed away. I had harbored vain hopes that he might somehow ...