Chris Cercone Peter Palumbo SU101 11/18/10 Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor Randy Pausch delivered a highly memorable and inspirational presentation in 2007‚ entitled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” I thought it was emotional‚ powerful and gripping‚ as was the book about it‚ The Last Lecture. Pausch frequently talks about his childhood dreams‚ such as being a Disney Imagineer‚ meeting Captain Kirk‚ playing in the National Football
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researched by Sullivan‚ scientists found that “…some students…can ’t concentrate on homework for more than two minutes without distracting themselves by using social media or writing an email‚” (1). In another research by Sullivan‚ a test “held by Carnegie Mellon University ’s Human Computer Interaction lab recruited 136 college students to take a standard test of cognitive abilities” in which the students were distracted with instant messages said to hold important information about the test they
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Warhol born in 1928‚ known as Andy Warhol‚ was an American painter‚ printmaker‚ and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement knows as pop art. At an early age‚ he showed an artistic talent and studied at the School of Fine Arts at Carnegie Institute of Technology. In 1949‚ he moved from Pennsylvania to New York City and began a career in magazine illustration and advertising. In the 1950’s‚ he gained his fame‚ but during the 1096’s was when his first pop exhibits hit the galleries
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Sophia Viscontini Barbara Leggat Bus 306 Reflection Paper November 15‚ 2013 The Last Lecture In this video‚ Randy Pausche‚ the Carnegie Mellon professor‚ is giving his last lecture. Although‚ he was fighting a terminal cancer‚ he was not talking about death‚ but about how to live in fullest. His last lecture is about his childhood dreams‚ enabling dreams of others‚ and about how we can try to achieve them. Randy’s speech is full of lessons which could be as valuable for students‚ workers
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Dr. Randy Pausch was an American professor of computer Science and human-computer interaction and design at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. He learned that he had suffering from the pancreatic cancer in September 2006‚ and in August 2007 he was giving a terminal diagnosis:”3 to 6 months of good health left.” He gave an upbeat lecture titled “The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” On September 18‚ 2007‚ at Camegie Mellon University. On the stage that day
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Randy’s lecture has become a phenomenon‚ as has the book he wrote based on the same principles‚ celebrating the dreams we all strive to make realities. Randy a professor at Carnegie Mellon University sadly lost his battle to pancreatic cancer in July 2008. His lessons will encourage all his readers to complete all life’s goals and never lose your inner child. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch is an inspiring novel that at moments you will laugh and others you will cry. Randy lets all his readers
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Review of Richard Florida: The Rise of the Creative Class Richard Florida‚ a professor from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh‚ intended to discuss the economic downturn that struck Pittsburgh and and the effort to rebuild the economy the took place there. In the beginning‚ he and every major economist thought that to build an economy people will need jobs‚ and to get jobs for the people they need companies‚ and to have a company a place has to offer perks; something that
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I was eight years old‚ my mom took me to my first formal concert in Carnegie Hall to hear the Cincinnati Pops play because her office got her and her colleague VIP tickets for Christmas. I didn’t think I’d enjoy it all that much because I was never a fan of classical music at that age‚ but I loved every second of that concert‚ or the fact that I was in New York City. That’s still debatable. That night was the soloist’s Carnegie Hall Debut‚ and I was completely in awe of her. I didn’t know that a
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Paper #3: Tuesday’s With Morrie & The Last Lecture In Tuesday’s With Morrie‚ the book really gives you a different perspective on life. It teaches you how thinking positively can really shift your attitude. It also shows how much we should appreciate life and how we need to live each day to our fullest potential. At the end of the day to know that we’ve done our best. To summarize the three main ideas from this book can be illustrated with Morrie’s quotes. These quotes summarized are Live Life
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Describe your educational and career goals. I have not decided on a specific major that I would like to pursue in college‚ but I do know that I plan on attending medical school after college. As an adult‚ I would like to be a pediatrician. I have strongly considered majoring in neuroscience‚ because I find the discipline to be fascinating‚ but I have also considered other biology/chemistry/physics majors. When I was younger‚ I wanted to go into law‚ like my father. However‚ I realized as I got a
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