Randy Pausch

Jeff Zaslow, columnist for The Wall Street Journal and author of "The Girls from Ames," talks about co-writing "The Last Lecture" with famed Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch during the final months of Pausch's life. (3:57)  

Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the US, but receives extremely little federal funding to support research efforts. Dr. Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon professor who has pancreatic cancer, has join...  

A pedestrian bridge on the Carnegie Mellon University campus in Pittsburgh will be named for former computer science professor Randy Pausch, whose impending death from pancreatic cancer was chronicled in the best-selling book "The Last Lecture."  

A pedestrian bridge on the Carnegie Mellon University campus in Pittsburgh will be named for former computer science professor Randy Pausch, whose impending death from pancreatic cancer was chronicled in the best-selling book "The Last Lecture."  

Carnegie Mellon University plans to dedicate a 230-foot-long pedestrian bridge in memory of the late Randy Pausch, a professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design, and author of the best-selling book "The Last Lecture."  

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- A 230-foot-long pedestrian bridge spanning a hollow between the new Gates Center for Computer Science and the Purnell Center for the Arts on the Carnegie Mellon University campus will be dedicated at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 30, in memory of Randy Pausch, professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design, and author of the bestselling book "The Last Lecture." The ribbon-cutting and bridge...