Randy Pausch was, by all accounts, a happy man: attractive, charismatic and blessed with a good marriage and three kids. At Carnegie Mellon, he was a popular computer science professor known for ...

We asked the senior editor of the New York Times Book Review to create a special list for us of the top 75 best-selling education titles of 2013. We hope it starts conversations, introduces you to new ...

Randy Pausch, a prominent computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University who became an instant sensation far beyond the classroom last year when he delivered his inspiring "Last Lecture," ...

WSJ's Jeff Zaslow discusses his new book "The Last Lecture," about beloved Carnegie Mellon computer-science professor Randy Pausch. Last year, Dr. Pausch, who was told he had a few months to live, ...

When someone you know dies suddenly, it causes you to pause and take stock of your life. All the things you take for granted are thrust back into focus, including your relationships with family and ...

It was not really complicated. Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, stood up last Sept. 18 and gave a talk to about 400 students, faculty and friends ...