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Riverside City College
Riverside City College, also known as Riverside Junior College, is a public community college in Riverside, California, founded in 1916 and serving about 30,000 students annually.
Riverside Code at Qingming Festival (清明上河图密码)
Riverside Code at Qingming Festival (清明上河图密码) is a 2024 Chinese costume mystery drama adapted from Ye Wenbiao's novel series, starring Zhang Songwen and Bai Baihe as a Northern Song family solving cases in Dongjing, premiered December 16, 2024 on CCTV-8 and Youku.
Riverside County, California
Riverside County, California: county formed May 9, 1893 from San Bernardino and San Diego counties, seat at Riverside city. Fourth-largest California county, about 2.5 million residents, logistics- and tourism-driven Inland Empire economy.
Riverside Drive (Manhattan)
Riverside Drive is a curving, partly landmarked avenue on Manhattan's Upper West Side along the Hudson River, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted from West 72nd to West 181st Street.
Riverside Europe
Riverside Europe is the European buyout platform of The Riverside Company, a private equity firm founded in 1988, run from Luxembourg under Karsten Langer; its largest fund closed on €465 million.
Riverside International Raceway
Riverside International Raceway (RIR) was a 3.3-mile road course in Moreno Valley, California, open 1957-1989; it hosted the 1960 US Grand Prix (Moss), NASCAR Cup races, and CART 1981-83, and is now the Moreno Valley Mall.
Riverside Micro-Cap
Riverside Micro-Cap (RMCF) is The Riverside Company's micro-cap fund family, which buys control investments in North American companies with up to $10 million of EBITDA.
Riverside Value
Riverside Value (RVF) is the value-oriented buyout platform of The Riverside Company, making control investments in North American businesses with revenue of $60 to $300 million.
Riverside, California
Riverside, California: Inland Southern California county-seat city founded in 1870, birthplace of the navel orange industry and Mission Revival architecture, home of the Mission Inn and UC Riverside, population about 319,000.
Riversurf
Riversurfing (river surfing, rapid surfing): riding standing waves on rivers and canals, pioneered at Munich's Eisbach in the 1970s; includes tidal bores like the Severn Bore and engineered adjustable wave parks.
Riverton Prize
The Riverton Prize (Rivertonprisen), formally "Den gylne revolver" ("The Golden Revolver"), is an annual Norwegian award for the year's best crime fiction work, presented since 1973.
RiverVest Venture Partners
RiverVest Venture Partners is a St. Louis, Missouri venture capital firm founded in 2000 that invests in early-stage biopharmaceutical and medical device companies, with offices in San Diego and Cleveland.
Riverview Hospital (Coquitlam)
Riverview Hospital, also known as Essondale, was British Columbia's psychiatric hospital in Coquitlam from 1913 to 2012, peaking above 4,700 patients before deinstitutionalization; its lands are now səmiq̓wəʔelə.
Riverwood Capital
Riverwood Capital is a growth-equity investment firm founded in 2008 by Jeff Parks and Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, both formerly of KKR, and headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
Riverwood Capital Partners Latam
Riverwood Capital Partners Latam is a Latin America-focused fund program of Riverwood Capital, founded in 2008. It invests in growth and expansion-stage technology companies across the region.
Rivet
A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener with a shank and head, installed by deforming the plain end into a second head, common in aircraft construction.
Riveting
Riveting is a permanent mechanical fastening method that joins parts by deforming a rivet, used in aircraft skins, aluminum car bodies, and historic iron and steel bridges.
Rivian
Rivian Automotive is an American electric vehicle maker in Irvine, California, founded by RJ Scaringe in 2009, known for the R1T truck and Amazon delivery vans.
Rivian EDV
The Rivian EDV, or Electric Delivery Van, is an electric step-in van built by Rivian on its Commercial Van platform and designed with Amazon, its largest operator, with over 30,000 on the road by 2026.
Rivian R1T
The Rivian R1T is an all-electric pickup truck built by Rivian in Normal, Illinois, and introduced for the 2022 model year as the company's first consumer vehicle.
Rivian R2
The Rivian R2 is a midsize battery-electric SUV built by Rivian in Normal, Illinois, unveiled in 2024 and delivered from June 2026 at a starting price of $59,485.
Rivian R3
The Rivian R3 is an all-electric compact crossover that Rivian unveiled on March 7, 2024, alongside the R2 and R3X, with production planned in Georgia from 2028.
Rivian-Volkswagen Group joint venture
The Rivian-Volkswagen Group joint venture, also known as RV Tech, is a 50-50 partnership developing vehicle software and zonal electrical architecture, launched in November 2024 with up to $5.8 billion of Volkswagen investment.
Riviciclib
Riviciclib (P276-00) is a flavone-derived, ATP-competitive CDK1/4/9 inhibitor developed by Nicholas Piramal/Piramal Enterprises. It reached phase II trials in mantle cell lymphoma, melanoma, and head and neck cancer before development was discontinued.
Riviera (hotel and casino)
Riviera Hotel and Casino, a Las Vegas Strip resort opened April 1955 (originally Casa Blanca, 1952), first high-rise on the Strip, Marx brothers investors, closed May 3, 2015 and imploded 2016 for convention center expansion.
Riviera (TV series)
Riviera is a Sky Atlantic drama-thriller (2017–2020, three seasons) created from Paul McGuinness's idea with Neil Jordan and John Banville, starring Julia Stiles as widow Georgina Clios; filmed on the French Riviera on a ~€40–45 million season-1 budget, later disowned by Jordan.
Riviera Country Club
Riviera Country Club (Hogan's Alley), a 1926 George C. Thomas Jr. course in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles; permanent home of the Genesis Invitational since 1973, host of the 1948 U.S. Open, 1983 and 1995 PGA Championships, 2026 U.S. Women's Open, and 2028 Olympic golf.
Riviera Maya
Riviera Maya: Caribbean tourist coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico, the roughly 120 km strip between Cancún and Tulum. Known for beachfront resorts, cenotes, Maya sites, the Mesoamerican Reef, and recent Tulum tourism decline.
Riviera power station
The Riviera power station is a 1,250 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle plant in Riviera Beach, Florida, owned by Florida Power & Light and opened in 2014.
Riviera Tower
Riviera Tower is a 200-meter, 50-storey residential skyscraper under construction at The Ellinikon on the Athens waterfront, set to become the tallest building in Greece.