Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. For more, visit www.cmu.edu/randyslecture.

Charles Osgood takes a look at the life of Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch, who became famous after his "Last Lecture" appeared on YouTube and inspired millions around the world.

A student stands up in the middle of class and starts brilliantly singing a broadway style musical. Even the Professor (James Valentini) was laughing at this!!!! Starring Mike Barry With Kate Berthhold, Trey McArver, and Patrick Young Lyrics (written by Brian Jacobs) Hey teach! I've got a question -- what I mean is. . . it's just. . . We come to class everyday it seems, we all fall asleep we've lost all our dreams. There is no inspiration. But when did we become this way, so disillusioned? So blasé? I can't make the calculation. Can I borrow your TI-83? Hey teach! Have you thought for a while about the impact that you have on us? Teach! I think it's high time that you tried to extend your learning on to us and reach! Are you with me classmates? YEAH. (One person) What about that guy over there? Why aren't you taking notes? Don't you even care? This is your education. This girl sitting over here, she talks a lot in class but her thoughts are never really quite clear. So much mental masturbation Is it we..who are to blame. Hey TEACH!!!! All the professors in movies and TV like "Dead Poets Society," and they risk their very professions for the chance to be inspirations to kids like me! Hey teach! It's no wonder why we're here. You must think we only party and drink beer. But all we need is just one chance... to be treated as your equals and to dance. Hey teach! It's no wonder why we're here. You must think we only party and drink beer. I think it's high time that you tried to extend your learning.. on.. to.. us.. and REACH! TEACH! ...

http://www.firstgiving.com/randypausch PLEASE donate to the Randy Pausch pancreatic cancer research fund. Dr. Randy Pausch has passed away this morning on July 25, 2008. He will be GREATLY missed but his words and teachings will live on FOREVER! This is a video that everyone should see. For those of you who aren't familiar with who Dr. Randy Pausch is, the short story goes like this: He is a happily married man with three very young children. He spent years working for Disney as an Imagineer who helped them develop some of their theme park attractions. He then went on to teach at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pennsylvania. Abruptly, his life took a turn for the worse when he got cancer and fought it off after years of treatment. The cancer has since returned and has near-totally corupted several vital organs leaving him with mere months to live. This video is his shortened speech on how not even death can bring this man down and how the dreams he sought to come true can inspire us all. This video has changed my life and I will NEVER forget it. Will it do the same for you? Please pass this video from the Oprah Winfrey Show on to anyone you feel takes life for granted or just pass it to someone who loves to live. The full video can be found here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5700431505846055184&q=the+last+lecture&total=1187&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 Additional Info on Dr. Pausch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Pausch Dr. Pausch's final fight to get the message out about his disease: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iP7xr6ig-s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ7zeZrAAkc Please watch this and find some true happiness in your life. Arch.

Physics 10: Physics for Future Presidents. Spring 2006. Professor Richard A. Muller. The most interesting and important topics in physics, stressing conceptual understanding rather than math, with applications to current events. Topics covered may vary and may include energy and conservation, radioactivity, nuclear physics, the Theory of Relativity, lasers, explosions, earthquakes, superconductors, and quantum physics. [courses] [physics10] [spring2006] Credits: lecturer:Professor Richard A. Muller, producers:Educational Technology Services

A distinguished scholar of Buddhism, Lewis Lancaster founded the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative to use the latest computer technology to map the spread of various strands of Buddhism from the distant past to the present. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion & Society" [6/2008] [Humanities] [Show ID: 14331]

Integrative Biology 131: General Human Anatomy. Fall 2005. Professor Marian Diamond. The functional anatomy of the human body as revealed by gross and microscopic examination. The Department of Integrative Biology offers a program of instruction that focuses on the integration of structure and function in the evolution of diverse biological systems. It investigates integration at all levels of organization from molecules to the biosphere, and in all taxa of organisms from viruses to higher plants and animals. The department uses many traditional fields and levels of complexity in forging new research directions, asking new questions, and answering traditional questions in new ways. The various...

Lecture Series on Computer Organization by Prof.S. Raman, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Madras. For More details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

A clip from ABC about Dr. Randy Pausch's memorable lecture.

Lecture by Professor Oussama Khatib for Introduction to Robotics (CS223A) in the Stanford Computer Science Department. In the first lecture of the quarter, Professor Khatib provides an overview of the course. CS223A is an introduction to robotics which covers topics such as Spatial Descriptions, Forward Kinematics, Inverse Kinematics, Jacobians, Dynamics, Motion Planning and Trajectory Generation, Position and Force Control, and Manipulator Design. Complete Playlist for the Course: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=65CC0384A1798ADF CS 223A Course Website: http://cse.stanford.edu/class/cs223a/ Stanford University: http://www.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stanford

Physics 10: Physics for Future Presidents. Spring 2006. Professor Richard A. Muller. The most interesting and important topics in physics, stressing conceptual understanding rather than math, with applications to current events. Topics covered may vary and may include energy and conservation, radioactivity, nuclear physics, the Theory of Relativity, lasers, explosions, earthquakes, superconductors, and quantum physics. [courses] [physics10] [spring2006] Credits: lecturer:Richard A. Muller, producer:Educational Technology Services

Lecture 1 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Quantum Mechanics. Recorded January 14, 2008 at Stanford University. This Stanford Continuing Studies course is the second of a six-quarter sequence of classes exploring the essential theoretical foundations of modern physics. The topics covered in this course focus on quantum mechanics. Leonard Susskind is the Felix Bloch Professor of Physics at Stanford University. Complete playlist for the course: http://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=189C0DCE90CB6D81 Stanford Continuing Studies: http://continuingstudies.stanford.edu/ About Leonard Susskind: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/physics/people/faculty/susskind_leonard.html Stanford University channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stanforduniversity

Lecture by Professor Andrew Ng for Machine Learning (CS 229) in the Stanford Computer Science department. Professor Ng provides an overview of the course in this introductory meeting. This course provides a broad introduction to machine learning and statistical pattern recognition. Topics include supervised learning, unsupervised learning, learning theory, reinforcement learning and adaptive control. Recent applications of machine learning, such as to robotic control, data mining, autonomous navigation, bioinformatics, speech recognition, and text and web data processing are also discussed. Complete Playlist for the Course: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A89DCFA6ADACE599 CS 229 Course Website: http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs229/ Stanford University: http://www.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stanford

Alfred McCoy, Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, explores the history and use by the CIA of psychological torture in terms of how this particular form of torture was discovered, perfected and made legal. Series: "Voices" [3/2007] [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 12279]

Integrative Biology 131: General Human Anatomy. Fall 2005. Professor Marian Diamond. The functional anatomy of the human body as revealed by gross and microscopic examination. The Department of Integrative Biology offers a program of instruction that focuses on the integration of structure and function in the evolution of diverse biological systems. It investigates integration at all levels of organization from molecules to the biosphere, and in all taxa of organisms from viruses to higher plants and animals. The department uses many traditional fields and levels of complexity in forging new research directions, asking new questions, and answering traditional questions in new ways. The various...

Inspiring, heroic and uplifting -- Professor Randy Pausch talks about his famous "Last Lecture" that swept the Web and changed the lives of so many!

October 15, 2008 lecture by Professor Martin Lewis for the Geography of United States Elections (GEOG 5) course. Professor Lewis covers the basic principle of political geography; the "red and blue" map of the United States; different ways of mapping U.S. presidential elections; differences in voting behavior between national elections and state and local elections; electoral geography in selected foreign countries. Offered by Stanford's Continuing Studies program, this course will last five weeks, and include a debrief after the presidential election. Each Wednesday, we will post a new recorded lecture on YouTube. Geography of US Elections Course Website: http://geog05.stanford.edu/ Join the Discussion: http://geog05.stanford.edu/?cat=15 Stanford Continuing Studies: http://csp.stanford.edu/ Stanford Channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stanford/

Lecture Series on Data Structures and Algorithms by Dr. Naveen Garg, Department of Computer Science and Engineering ,IIT Delhi. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

I was invited to Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont to speak about the dancing video and how it was made. Here is the talk.

November 3, 2008 lecture by Professor Martin Lewis for the Geography of United States Elections (GEOG 5) course. Professor Lewis discusses the geographical history of recent presidential elections in the United States, beginning with 1972 and continuing on to 2004, which he elaborates upon extensively. Offered by Stanford's Continuing Studies program, the course will last five weeks, and include a debrief after the presidential election. Each Wednesday, we will post a new recorded lecture on YouTube. Geography of US Elections Course Website: http://geog05.stanford.edu/ Join the Discusiion: http://geog05.stanford.edu/?cat=15 Stanford Continuing Studies: http://csp.stanford.edu/ Stanford Channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stanford/

Professor Channing Robertson of the Stanford University Chemical Engineering Department gives an introductory lecture, outline, and background for the course. Introduction to Chemical Engineering (E20) is an introductory course offered by the Stanford University Engineering Department. It provides a basic overview of the chemical engineering field today and delves into the applications of chemical engineering. Stanford Chemical Engineering Department: http://cheme.stanford.edu/ Stanford University: http://www.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stanford/

Lecture Series on Artificial Intelligence by Prof.Sudeshna Sarkar and Prof.Anupam Basu, Department of Computer Science and Engineering,I.I.T, Kharagpur . For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in.

Integrative Biology 131: General Human Anatomy. Fall 2005. Professor Marian Diamond. The functional anatomy of the human body as revealed by gross and microscopic examination. The Department of Integrative Biology offers a program of instruction that focuses on the integration of structure and function in the evolution of diverse biological systems. It investigates integration at all levels of organization from molecules to the biosphere, and in all taxa of organisms from viruses to higher plants and animals. The department uses many traditional fields and levels of complexity in forging new research directions, asking new questions, and answering traditional questions in new ways. The various...

Physics 10: Physics for Future Presidents. Spring 2006. Professor Richard A. Muller. The most interesting and important topics in physics, stressing conceptual understanding rather than math, with applications to current events. Topics covered may vary and may include energy and conservation, radioactivity, nuclear physics, the Theory of Relativity, lasers, explosions, earthquakes, superconductors, and quantum physics. [courses] [physics10] [spring2006] Credits: lecturer:Professor Richard A. Muller, producers:Educational Technology Services

Integrative Biology 131: General Human Anatomy. Fall 2005. Professor Marian Diamond. The functional anatomy of the human body as revealed by gross and microscopic examination. The Department of Integrative Biology offers a program of instruction that focuses on the integration of structure and function in the evolution of diverse biological systems. It investigates integration at all levels of organization from molecules to the biosphere, and in all taxa of organisms from viruses to higher plants and animals. The department uses many traditional fields and levels of complexity in forging new research directions, asking new questions, and answering traditional questions in new ways. The various...