Instructions: In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
Input: The University of Arizona is one of the elected members of the Association of American Universities ( an organization of North America 's premier research institutions ) and is the only representative from the state of Arizona to this group .
Output:
Arizona is one of the elected members of the Association of American Universities ( an organization for research institutions ) .