Sentences with phrase «out of the ivory tower»

I desperately wanted to get out of the ivory tower and interact with people, conveying the passion I felt about science.

So there isn't much coming out of the ivory towers to discuss.

Let's get out of the ivory tower and into the real world, because that is where we all live, not your metabolic lab.

Scientists need to come out of their ivory towers and listen to what others have to say.

I gained a new appreciation for the importance of moving research out of the ivory tower, and for the skills needed to engage in that translational role.

I - and I think Wheeler - want to vote Tory in the euro elections but if Cameron doesn't get out of his ivory tower soon, I'll vote UKIP (while holding my nose)

That's where I met some of the visionaries in the utility and car worlds who'd been trying to get plug - in hybrids out of the ivory towers of theoretical designs and academic modeling.

Abraham, an associate professor at the University of St. Thomas, is part of a national movement among climate scientists and researchers who are stepping out of the ivory tower and into the harsh light of politics and the public debate around global warming.

Though I'll admit there has occasionally been some resistance when it comes to prying tetchy climate nerds out of their ivory towers.

Well, they need to get out of their ivory towers and get back into the real world.»

I think scientists owe it to future generations to come out of their ivory towers.

It requires coming down out of the ivory tower, leaving the quiet study, closing the dusty books, and entering into the real lives of real people who have real problems.

Salcido agrees with Kupchik about the importance of finding mentors and getting out of the ivory tower.

Judith Rodin, the president of the foundation and former president of the University of Pennsylvania, where she led an effort to take the university «out of the ivory tower and into the streets,» explained the foundation's innovation focus in a speech at the meeting.

(Oh, if only those danged climate scientists would get out of their ivory towers and look at the weather.