Tiger Challenge

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Tiger Challenge helps students and community partners build more equitable and joyful societies. Taking place inside and outside of the classroom, students and advisers address complex societal issues in partnership with nonprofit and government partners. Teams develop lasting innovations across education, health, sustainability, social justice, and civic life.

The program is grounded in design thinking, a body of techniques that unlocks empathy, creativity, collaboration, and open-mindedness. Learn about the design thinking methodology.

Innovation through innovation can take many paths, and so can Tiger Challenge. Opportunities include:

A nine-week, hands-on summer experience
The Community Project Studio course for academic credit
Independent work where students conduct impact evaluations of their designs

Tiger Challenge Social Impact Showcase

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The seven-person cohort of impact designers will present their recommendations to the municipality, community stakeholders, and campus partners at the Keller Center's upcoming Tiger Challenge Social Impact Showcase.

Over the last few weeks, the Tiger Challenge program members have been speaking with residents, gathering data, analyzing research, and building prototypes that can significantly impact the population.

This summer, community-minded undergraduates have been working with the Princeton Municipality and the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) to design interventions to bridge the gap between the municipality and the Princeton community.