Igor Mitrovic, MD, arrived at the JFK airport in New York on Dec. 24, 1991, a refugee from a country that was sliding into chaos. Just out of medical school, he had come to join his wife. But he ...

Healing tooth decay can inspire life lessons and serve as a reminder of the darker elements of human nature. So said David Graham, DDS, professor of preventive and restorative dental sciences and a ...

Back in April, we posted a blog entry about Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University professor who, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, delivered a “Last Lecture” about achieving childhood ...

Time seems infinite when you’re a kid, elusive when you’re an adult, and precious when you’re near death. “Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think,” wrote ...

Dylan Pausch, 8, continues his father's work, lobbying for cancer funding. June 22, 2010— -- Randy Pausch, the beloved Carnegie Mellon University professor who gave a famous "last lecture," would ...

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 ...

“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 ...

“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 ...

Randy Pausch, a computer-science professor who became internationally known for his inspiring “Last Lecture,” passed away in Chesapeake, Virginia, Friday after losing a battle with pancreatic cancer.

For about two hours every Tuesday and Thursday last semester, I would sit in the back of Mason Hall 1448 and listen to my Literary Cognition professor detail the cognitive benefits of storytelling and ...

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch’s last lecture still resonates. The traditional—and untraditional–last lecture is one professors routinely deliver at the podium. Pausch’s was untraditional ...